Lot 112
  • 112

Henry Moore

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Reclining Figure
  • inscribed Moore and numbered 3/9
  • bronze
  • length: 69cm., 27 1/8 in.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries Ltd, London
Bloch Family (acquired from the above in 1984)

Literature

Herbert Read, Henry Moore, A Study of his Life and Work, London, 1965, illustration of another cast pl. 294
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 407
John Hedgecoe & Henry Moore, Henry Moore, London, 1968, illustration of another cast p. 235
Robert Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, New York, 1971, nos. 541 & 544, illustration of another cast pl. XXIII
Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore, New York, 1972, nos. 139 & 140, illustration of another cast
David Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 141, colour illustration of another cast p. 141
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1955-64, London, 1986, vol. III, no. 413, illustration of another cast p. 38

Condition

Warm brown patina. There is some dust in the crevices and the work could benefit from a light clean. In overall very good condition.
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