ID 1176566
Lot 203 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Reclining Figure
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Moore/ 5 / 6' (at the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a marble base
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long, excluding base
Conceived in 1945 and cast in an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's casts.
Cast in 1962 by Hermann Noack, Berlin.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Recent Work, Life Drawings, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1962, n.p., no. 77, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, p. 15, no. 245, terracotta version listed.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore: Recent Work, Life Drawings, July - August 1962, no. 77, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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