ID 1176680
Lot 109 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Reclining Figure
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a wooden base
5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) long, excluding base
Conceived in terracotta in 1945 and cast in bronze in 1945 in an edition of 7.
Provenance
with Brook Street Gallery, London, where purchased by Ralph Ehrmann.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, p. 15, no. 247, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Focus on the Collection: Henry Moore, Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 2004, p. 52, no. 64, another cast illustrated, catalogue not traced.
Exhibited
San Diego, Art Center in La Jolla, Henry Moore, August - September 1963, no. 2, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, September - October 1963; and Los Angeles, Municipal Art Galleries, Barnsdall Park, November - December 1963.
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Focus on the Collection: Henry Moore, July 2004 - March 2005, no. 64, 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: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| 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: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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