ID 1306822
Lot 14 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
Stringed Mother and Child
signed and numbered 'Moore 8/9' (at the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina and string, on a slate base
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1938 and cast in 1986 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist.
with Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art, New York, where purchased by the present owner in February 2002.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol. 6, London, 1988, pp. 30-31, no. 186h, pls. 23-24, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Hempstead, New York, Hofstra Museum, Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, September - November 1987, pp. 46, 138, 141, no. 22, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, December 1987 - January 1988; and Baltimore, Museum of Art, February - April 1988.
Moscow, Kremlin Museums, Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture, February - May 2012, pp. 144-145, no. 17, another cast illustrated.
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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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