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Contours of Modernity | A Private European Collection

Henry Moore

Maquette for Reclining Figure: Angles

Auction Closed

March 5, 01:57 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986


Maquette for Reclining Figure: Angles

incised with the artist's signature and numbered 2/9 (on the base)

bronze

15.4 by 23.5 cm. 6 by 9¼ in.

Conceived in 1975, this work is number 2 from an edition of 9, plus 1 artist's proof.

The Artist

Fisher Fine Art, London

Jeffrey H. Loria Collection, New York

Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz

Acquired from the above in 2010 by the present owner

Gemma Levine, With Henry Moore: The Artist at Work, London 1978, pp. 74-75 and 122, illustration of another example; illustration of the plaster cast on the cover

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1974-1980, Vol. 5, London 1983, no. 673, illustration of another example