Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

David Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948, London, 1957, vol. I, no. 203, illustration of the lead version p. 115
Timothée Trimm, Henry Moore intime, Paris, 1992, illustration of another cast p. 77
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision, The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1998, no. 210, illustration of another cast p. 208

Attractive dark brown and golden patina. Apart from a few very light surface scratches to some of areas of the darker brown patina and some very small pock marks to the figure's hands and right underarm, intrinsic to the medium and casting process, this work is in overall very good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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