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

Lot 184
21.03.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1176632
Lot 184 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Mother and Child on Ladderback Rocking Chair

bronze with a brown and green patina

8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Conceived in 1952 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.





Provenance

Private collection, California.

Acquired by the late owner, circa 1980.



Literature

H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, London, 1955, n.p., no. 42, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness and H. Read, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1949-1954, Vol. 2, London, 1965, p. xxvi, no. 312, pl. 42, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe (ed.), Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 178, fig. 1, another cast illustrated.

P. James, Henry Moore on Sculpture, London, 1968, pp. 10, 140, pl. 45, another cast illustrated.

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 77, no. 293.

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 356, no. 429, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 6, 52-53, no. 23, another cast illustrated.

D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, pp. 114, 311, no. 222, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics: 1921-1981, Madrid, British Council, Palacio de Velázquez, 1981, pp. 33, 35, no. 200, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, p. 39, no. 312, another cast illustrated.

S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Royal Academy, 1988, p. 231, no. 123, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 23, another cast exhibited.

Madrid, British Council, Palacio de Velázquez, Henry Moore: Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics: 1921-1981, May - July 1981, no. 200, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, September - November 1981; and Barcelona, Fundació Juan Miró, December 1981 - January 1982.

London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 123, another cast exhibited.



Further details

The seller of this lot plans to donate no less than 80% of the hammer price for the lot to The Arthur N. Ryan Foundation, INC. (registered in Massachusetts with number 001527929).
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