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Property of an Important New York Collection

Henry Moore

Mother and Child on Ladderback Chair

Auction Closed

May 14, 01:12 AM GMT

Estimate

450,000 - 650,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important New York Collection

Henry Moore

(1898 - 1986)


Mother and Child on Ladderback Chair

bronze

height: 15 ⅛ in.   38.5 cm.

Conceived in 1952 and cast by 1954 in an edition of seven plus one artist’s proof.

The Leicester Galleries, London

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on 19 January 1954)

Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner



Exh. Cat., New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Henry Moore, 1954, no. 3, n.p., illustration of another cast

Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, New York, 1960, p. 114, illustration of another cast 

Herbert Read, Henry Moore, vol. II, Sculpture and Drawings 1949-1954, London, 1965, no. 313, pp. xxvi; pl. 43,  illustration of another cast 

Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1971, no. 431, n.p., illustration of another cast; p. 356

David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 223, p. 114, detail illustration of another cast; p. 311

Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, 1983, p. 81, illustration of another cast; p. 123 

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, vol. 2, London, 1986, no. 313, p. 39, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore, 1988, no. 124, p. 231, illustration of another cast

Saint-Paul-de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore rétrospective, 2002, no. 115. p. 144, illustration in color of another cast; p. 248

Exh. Cat., London, Tate Britain, Henry Moore, 2010, no. 125, p. 186, illustration in color of another cast