Lot 357
  • 357

Henry Moore

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Recumbent Figure
  • Bronze
  • Length: 5 1/4 in.
  • 13.4 cm

Provenance

Charlotte Bergman, New York & Tel Aviv (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above circa 1960

Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore, 60 Years of His Art, 1983, no. LH, I, 184

Literature

David Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, vol. 1, 1921-1948, London, 1957, no. 184
Alan Bowness et al, Henry Moore 1898-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, (exhibition catalogue), 1992, no. 47, illustration of the lead version p. 73

Condition

Very good condition. Some rubbing visible underneath; a small hole drilled in center underneath (probably to attach to base); one tiny blemish in lower center of figure. There are some irregularites in the bronze under figure's arm, near the hole in figure's leg and in patina around bottom of figure as well as some small scattered pin-dot pits. All of these irregularities appear to be inherent to the bronze.
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