Lot 132
  • 132

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. 1898-1986

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • Upright Motive, Maquette No. 3
  • bronze with medium brown and dark brown patina, on an ebonized wood plinth, together with a later rectangular veined black marble plinth
  • Height 10 1/8 in.
  • 25.9 cm., not including base
  • model executed in 1955, this example from an edition of 9 +1 casts by Fiorini

Provenance

The Estate of Faye L. Skroopa, Los Angeles (Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, October 16, 1979, lot 393, illustrated)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Alan Bowness, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, no. 380, p. 21, pl. 9, another cast illustrated

Condition

moderate rubbing to patina at extremities, slight surface soiling, some areas of light verdigris to upper section
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Catalogue Note

This is related to the work which has become known as the Glenkiln Cross. The Glenkiln Reservoir in Scotland is the site of the world's first modern sculpture park, created in the early 1950s by Sir William Keswick, who owned the property and acquired the sculpture.