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

Lot 43
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ID 922583
Lot 43 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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£ 180 000 – 250 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Maquette for Figure on Steps

signed 'Henry Moore' (on a label attached to the underside of the base)

bronze with a dark brown patina, on a wooden base

6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1956 and cast in an edition of 10, plus an artist's cast.





Provenance

Private collection, Canada.

with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by Marshall Cogan, New York.

with Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 May 2013, lot 203.

with Offer Waterman, London, where purchased by the present owner in 2014.



Literature

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 81, no. 398.

W.S. Lieberman, Henry Moore: Sixty Years of His Art, London, 1983, p. 83, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Malerei und Plastik des 20. Jahrunderts, Hannover, Sprengel Museum, 1985, pp. 417-418, no. 400, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, p. 34, no. 426, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Twentieth Century Works, London, Waddington Galleries, 1989, p. 81, no. 38, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture, London, Waddington Galleries, 1992, n.p., no. 23, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Waddington Galleries, 1992, n.p., no. 25, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpture from the 40s and 50s, London, Waddington Galleries, 1995, pp. 40-41, no. 18, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1927-1959, May - July 1960, no. 41, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Zürich, Kunsthaus, September - October 1960, no. 44; Munich, Haus Der Kunst, November - December 1960; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, January - February 1961; Paris, Musée Rodin, March - April 1961; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, June - July 1961; Berlin, Akademie Der Kunst, July - September 1961; Vienna, Akademie Der Bildenden Kunste, September - October 1961; and Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, December 1961 - January 1962.

London, Waddington Galleries, Twentieth Century Works, April - May 1989, no. 38, another cast exhibited.

London, Waddington Galleries, Sculpture, April - May 1992, no. 23, another cast exhibited.

London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore, June - July 1992, no. 25, another cast exhibited.

London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore: Sculpture from the 40s and 50s, May - June 1995, no. 18, another cast exhibited.



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Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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