ID 1176659
Lot 202 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Leaf Figure, No. 2
bronze with a green and brown patina on a slate base
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1952 and cast in an edition of 9 by Gaskin's Art Bronze Foundry, London.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, Vol. 2, London, 1955, n.p., no. 50, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sculpture 1950-1960, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1960, n.p., no. 8, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 77, no. 303.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1965, pp. 42-43, no. 324, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Henry Moore, November 1960 - January 1961, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| 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 |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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