Henry Moore
Madonna and Child
Auction Closed
November 15, 03:40 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Madonna and Child
signed Moore, numbered 3/6 and stamped with foundry mark (on the reverse)
bronze
height (including integral bronze base): 16.5cm.; 6½in.
height (including marble base): 18.5cm.; 7¼in.
height (including wooden base): 26.5cm.; 10½in.
Conceived in 1943 and cast in 1955 by Bildgiesserei Hermann Noack, Berlin Foundry, the present work is number 3 from the edition of 6.
The present work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as LH 219, cast 3.
Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1966, where acquired by the family of the present owner and thence by descent
Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921 - 1969, Thames and Hudson, London, 1970, no. 309, illustrated (another cast)
David Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture, Vol. 1, 1921 - 1948, 1988, no. 219, illustrated p. 138 (another cast)
