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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Lot 1
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Lot 1 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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£ 150 000 – 250 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Helmet Head No. 1

bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-painted wooden base

13 in. (33 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1950 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.

Cast in 1960 by Fiorini Foundry, London.





Provenance

Mary Moore, until November 1971.

with Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in November 1971.



Literature

W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 7, no. 94, another cast illustrated, as 'Helmet Head No. 6'.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, New York, Knoedler Galleries, 1962, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 76, no. 263, pl. 20, another cast illustrated.

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 355, pls. 401-402, another cast illustrated.

W.S. Lieberman, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 70, 123, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, pp. 28-29, no. 279, pls. 21-23, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1998, p. 213, no. 264, another cast illustrated.

D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 187, 310, no. 53, another cast illustrated.

T. Capwell and H. Higham, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, London, The Wallace Collection, 2019, pp. 12-13, 86, 145, no. 36, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

New York, Knoedler Galleries, Henry Moore, March - April 1962, no. 3, another cast exhibited.

London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 20, another cast exhibited.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, May - September 1983, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 53, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, June - September 2001; and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, October 2001 - January 2002.

London, Tate Britain, Henry Moore, February - August 2010, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 2010 - February 2011; and Leeds, City Art Gallery, March - June 2011.

London, The Wallace Collection, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, March - June 2019, no. 36, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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