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

Lot 19
19.10.2022 18:30UTC +00:00
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ID 831092
Lot 19 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Working Model for Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points

signed and numbered 'Moore 8/10' (on the top of the base), stamped with foundry mark (on the side of the base)

bronze with golden brown patina

48 in. (121.9 cm.) long

Conceived in 1969-70 and cast by H. Noack, Berlin in 1969-72 in an edition of ten, plus one artist's cast.





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in April 1972 by David and Laura Finn, and by descent.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Carvings and Bronzes, New York, M. Knoedler & Co and Marlborough Gallery, 1970, pp. 82-83, no. 39, another cast exhibited and on the back cover.

Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 72-73, no. 33, another cast illustrated.

A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987, p. 237, no. 186, plaster version illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1964-73, Vol. 4, London, 1991, pp. 56-57, no. 605, pl. 134-135, another cast illustrated.

P. McCaughey, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, 1999, n.p., no. 17, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co and Marlborough Gallery, Henry Moore: Carvings and Bronzes, April - May 1970, no. 39, another cast exhibited.

London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 33, another cast exhibited.

New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, Januray - March 1999, no. 17, another cast exhibited.



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Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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