HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986) - photo 1
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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Lot 195
22.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 80 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 922697
Lot 195 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Seated Figure: Armless

bronze with a brown patina, on a wooden base

17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1955 and cast in an edition of 10.





Provenance

with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, where acquired by the family of the previous owner, circa 1960.

Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 2017, lot 4, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

P. Bucarelli (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1927-1959, Essen, British Council, 1960, n.p., no. 33, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1950-1960, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1960, n.p., no. 44, another cast illustrated.

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, n.p., pls 500-501, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1955-64: Vol. 3, London, 1986, n.p., no. 398, pls 18-19, another cast illustrated.

A.G. Wilkinson, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1988, p. 168, no. 188, plaster illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1988, pp. 220-221, no. 364, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

Essen, British Council, Folkwang Museum, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1927-1959, January - March 1960, no. 33, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Hamburg, Kunstverein, May - July 1960; Zürich, Kunsthaus, September - October 1960, no. 14; 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, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Henry Moore: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1950-1960, November - December 1960, no. 44, another cast exhibited, as 'Armless Seated Figure'.



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