ID 831276
Lot 225 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 5
signed and numbered 'Moore 5/6' (on the side of the bronze base)
bronze with a light brown patina, on a black painted wooden base
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1962.
Literature
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 86 no. 491A, pl. 114, another cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore, London, 1979, p. 364, no. 637, another cast illustrated, incorrectly recorded as an edition of 9.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, n.p., no. 477, 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. 197, no. 149, plaster version illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sketch Models and Working Models, London, The South Bank Centre, 1990, pp. 17, 29, no. 33, fig. 13, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Moore in China, Beijing, China Art Gallery, 2000, p. 54, no. 52, another cast illustrated.
D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 220, 310, no. 75, plaster version illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Imaginary Landscapes, Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, 2003, n.p., no. 23, another cast illustrated.
A. Feldman, exhibition catalogue, Moore Rodin, Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, 2013, pp. 44, 138, no. 103, pl. 52, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Back to a Land, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2015, p. 155, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, September 1987 - February 1988, no. 149, plaster version exhibited.
London, The South Bank Centre, Henry Moore: Sketch Models and Working Models, 1990, no. 33, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Mead Gallery, May - June 1990; Huddersfield, Huddersfield Art Gallery, June - August 1990; Wrexham, Library Arts Centre, August - October 1990; Bristol, City Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1990; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, December - January 1991; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, January - March 1991; and Stirling, Smith Art Gallery, March - April 1991.
Bejing, British Council, China Art Gallery, Moore in China, October - November 2000, no. 52, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, December 2000 - February 2001; and Shanghai, City Art Museum, March - April 2001.
Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 75, plaster version exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum, June - September 2001; and Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, October 2001 - January 2002.
Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, Imaginary Landscapes, August 2003, no. 23, another cast exhibited.
Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, Moore Rodin, March - October 2013, no. 103, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Compton Verney, Compton Verney House, February - August 2014.
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Henry Moore: Back to a Land, March - September 2015, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, Henry Moore: Configuration, September 2021 - January 2022, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore: The Sixties, April - October 2022, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
Special notice
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Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
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