British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary

British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary

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An Eye for Colour: Property from the Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Corob

Henry Moore

Seated Figure Against Curved Wall

Auction Closed

June 29, 02:19 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Eye for Colour: Property from the Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Corob


Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

Seated Figure Against Curved Wall


bronze

length (excluding base): 84cm.; 33in.

height (excluding base): 52cm.; 20½in.

Conceived in 1956-57, the present work is from the edition of 12.


The present work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as LH 422 cast i

William Beadlestone Gallery, New York, where acquired by the late owner in 1980
Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, Thames and Hudson, London, 1960, illustrated pl. 175 (another cast)
Herbert Read, Henry Moore, A Study of His Life and Work, Thames and Hudson, London, 1965, illustrated pl. 197 (another cast)
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, Tudor Publishing, New York, 1968, no. 401, p. 81
Robert Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, Thames and Hudson, London, 1970, illustrated no. 555 (another cast)
Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore, Abrams, New York, 1971, illustrated pl. 127 (another cast)
Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (ed.), XXe siècle. Special edition: Homage to Henry Moore, XX Siecle, Paris, and Zwemmer, London, 1972, illustrated p. 61 (another cast)
Franco Russoli and David Mitchison (eds.), Henry Moore Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, Rizzoli, New York, 1981, no. 292, illustrated p. 141 (another cast)
Roger Berthoud, The Life of Henry Moore, Dutton, New York, 1987, p. 278
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1955-64, London, 1986, Vol. 3, no. 422, p. 25, illustrated pls. 50 and 51 (another cast)
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Mostra di Henry Moore, 20 May - 8 October 1972, no. VII, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. (another cast)
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, The Art of Henry Moore, Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics, 1921-1984, 11 April - 5 June 1986, no. 53, illustrated in the catalogue p. 21 (another cast), with tour to Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 141, illustrated in the catalogue p. 240, pl. 53 (another cast)
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Henry Moore, 26 May - 19 November 1989, illustrated in the catalogue p. 184 (another cast)
St Petersburg, Petrodvorets - Benois Museum, Henry Moore: The Human Dimension, 17 June - 18 July 1991, no. 79, illustrated in the catalogue p. 103 (another cast), with tour to Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts, Moscow and Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki 
Perry Green, Much Hadham, The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture, 1 April - 31 October 2005, no. 90, illustrated in the catalogue (another cast)
London, Waddington Custot, Rodin, Brancusi, Moore, 22 May - 11 July 2015, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue (another cast)