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

Lot 177
23.03.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 177 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 35 000 – 55 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure: Fragment

signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Moore/ 5⁄9' (at the base)

bronze with a dark green patina, on a black-painted wooden base

5 1⁄8 in. (13 cm.) long, excluding base

Conceived in 1952 and cast in 1969 by H. Noack, Berlin.







Provenance

Purchased at the November 1972 exhibition by the present owner's father, and by descent.





Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Mostra di Henry Moore, Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1972, n.p., no. 75, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 54-55, no. 24, illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, p. 43, no. 331a, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sketch Models and Working Models, London, Southbank Centre, 1990, p. 31, no. 13, fig. 25, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore In the Light of Greece, Andros, Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, 2000, p. 157, no. 17, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: A Monumental Vision, Cologne, 2005, p. 217, no. 304, another cast illustrated, not traced.





Exhibited

Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Mostra di Henry Moore, May - September 1972, no. 75, another cast exhibited.

London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 24.

Madrid, British Council, Palacio de Velázquez, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings and Graphics 1921-1981, May - August 1981, no. 135, another cast exhibited.

London, Southbank Centre, Henry Moore: Sketch Models and Working Models, 1990, no. 13, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Mead Gallery, May - June 1990; Huddersfield, Art Gallery, June - August 1990; Wrexham, Library Arts Centre, August - October 1990; Bristol, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1990; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, December 1990 - January 1991; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, January - March 1991; Stirling, Smith Art Gallery, March - April 1991.

Andros, Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Henry Moore In the Light of Greece, June - September 2000, no. 17, another cast exhibited.





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Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
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