Henry Moore, R.A.

Mother and Child

Artist's Resale RightUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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Lot Details

Description

Property of a Gentleman

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

Mother and Child

bronze

height (not including base): 51cm.; 20¼in.

height (including wooden base): 53.5cm.; 21in.

Conceived and cast by Gaskin Foundry in 1953, the present work is from an edition of seven plus two Artist's casts, including one in the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington and one in the Tate Gallery, London.

The present work is registered by the Henry Moore Foundation as LH 315, cast d.

Please note this lot will be taken to our Greenford Park Warehouse after the sale and not as stated in the printed catalogue

Acquired from the Artist through the agency of Gustav Kahnweiler in the 1950s, and

thence by descent

Sale, Christie's London, 30 April 1999, lot 137, where acquired by the previous owner

Sale, Christies London, 24 June 2010, lot 345, where acquired by the present owner

Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-1954, Vol. 2, Lund Humphries, London, 1986, no. 315, illustrated p. 39 (another cast)

Franko Russoli and David Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: with comments by the artist, Macmillan, London, 1981, no. 227, illustrated p. 115 (another cast)