Lot 269
  • 269

HENRY MOORE | Mother and Child: Round Form

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Mother and Child: Round Form
  • Inscribed Moore and numbered 1/9
  • Bronze
  • Height: 7 3/4 in.
  • 19.7 cm
  • Conceived in 1980 and cast by the Fiorini Foundry in an edition of 9 plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, New York (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 1996, lot 314)
Private Collection, London (acquired at the above sale)
Jeanne Frank Gallery, New York 
Acquired from the above on March 17, 1997

Literature

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1980-1986, vol. 6, London, 1988, p. 51, no. 789, illustration of another cast pl. 38

Condition

Dark brown patina. There is some minor dirt in deeper crevices. There is a 1 inch long scuff to the bronze base. The work is in excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.