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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Henry Moore

Torso

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986


Torso

inscribed Moore, numbered 3/9 and stamped with the foundry mark H. Noack Berlin

bronze

height: 42 in. 106.7 cm.

Conceived in 1967 and cast in an edition of 7 plus 1 artist's proof by Bildgiesserei Hermann Noack, Berlin. 


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

Galerie Dominion, Montreal (acquired directly from the artist)

Sotheby’s, New York, 10 November 2000, lot 293 (consigned by the above)

Joel Kissin, New York (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above in 2003 by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Marlborough Gallery, Henry Moore, 1970, no. 29, p. 68, illustration of another cast 

Exh. Cat., Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Henry Moore, Sculpture, 1970, no. 10, n.p., illustration of another cast 

Robert Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, New York 1971, no. 723, p. 315, illustration of another cast 

David Finn, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Environment, New York 1977, p. 480, illustration of another cast

Alan Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, Sculpture 1964-1973, vol. 4, London 1977, no. 569, p. 49, pls. 68-70, illustrations of another cast

Josep Iglesias del Marquet, Henry Moore y el Inquietante Infinito, Barcelona 1979, no. 64, n.p., illustration of another cast 

David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture, New York 1981, no. 426, p. 200, illustration of another cast 

According to the Henry Moore Foundation, this work was cast in an edition of 7 and not 9 as stated in the literature.