ID 1306796
Lot 26 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
Two Three-Quarter Figures on Base
signed and numbered 'Moore 3/9' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
40 ½ in. (102.8 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1984 and cast in 1984 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Provenance
with Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, where purchased by the late owners in November 1995.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol. 6, London, 1999, pp. 32-33, no. 539b, pls. 32-33, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Collegeville, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, A Passion for Art: Selections from the Berman Collection, October - December 1989, p. 50, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Henry Moore, April - August 1992, p. 151, no. 127, another cast illustrated.
Collegeville, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Henry Moore Relationships: Drawings, Prints and Sculptures from the Berman Collection, October 1993 - January 1994, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Beijing, British Council, China Art Gallery, Moore in China, October - November 2000, p. 63, no. 64, another cast illustrated as 'Working Model for Two Three-Quarter Figures on Base': this exhibition travelled to Beijing, Beihai Park, October 2000 - April 2001, Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, December 2000 - February 2001; and Shanghai, Art Museum, March - April 2001.
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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