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Property from a Private European Collection

Henry Moore

Reclining Figure

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private European Collection

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986


Reclining Figure

bronze

length: 27½ in.

70 cm.

Conceived and cast in 1957 by Gaskin Foundry, this work is cast J from an edition of 12 plus 1 artist's proof.


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

Mrs. Irina Moore, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
T. M. Sterling Family Collection, Toronto (acquired by 1968)
Sotheby's Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 20 October 1976, lot 54 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Henry Moore in Toronto Collections, 1968, no. 19
Herbert Read, Henry Moore, A Study of His Life and Work, London 1965, pl. 196, illustration of another cast
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris 1968, no. 407, p. 82
Robert Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, New York 1971, nos. 541 and 544, p. 360, pl. XXIII, illustration of another cast in color
Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore, New York 1972, nos. 139 and 140, illustration of another cast
David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, London 1981, no. 294, pp. 141 and 312, illustration of another cast in color 
John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, Henry Moore, New York 1968, p. 151, illustration of another cast
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawing, Sculpture 1955-64, vol. 3, London 1986, no. 413, illustration of another cast