Lot 145
  • 145

Henry Moore

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Standing man
  • inscribed Moore, numbered 1/9 and stamped with the foundry mark Noack, Berlin
  • bronze
  • height (including base): 22.2cm., 8 3/4 in.
  • height (not including base): 20.3cm., 8in.

Provenance

Marina and Willy Staehelin-Peyer, Zurich
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1980-86, London, 1999, vol. VI, no. 844, illustration of another cast p. 48
John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, A Monumental Vision, London, 2005, no. 712, colour illustration of another cast p. 247

Condition

Attractive golden-brown patina. There is some dust in the crevices and some very minor wear to the patina. This work is in overall very good condition.
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