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Lot 304
  • 304

Henry Moore

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • MAQUETTE FOR DRAPED RECLINING MOTHER AND BABY
  • Inscribed Moore and numbered 5/9
  • Bronze

  • Length (including base): 8 1/4 in.
  • 20.8 cm

Provenance

Weintraub Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in the early 1980s

Literature

Gail Gelburd, Alex Rosenberg, Ann Elliott & Stephen Spender, eds., Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore (exhibition catalogue), New York, 1987, no. 109, illustration of another cast p. 118
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1998, no. 694, illustration of another cast p. 244
David Sylvester & Alan Bowness, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1977-1988, vol. 6, London, 1999, no. 820, illustration of another cast p. 41

Condition

Work is affixed to a wooden base. Variegated red, green, and brown patina. A nick to the back right corner of the base is visible. Otherwise fine. Work is in good condition.
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