HENRY MOORE | Study for Head of the Queen No. 2

Gemma Levine & David Mitchinson, With Henry Moore, The Artist at Work, New York, 1978, illustration of the plaster version p. 59
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1949-54, vol. 2, London, 1986, no. 349b, illustration of another cast p. 49
John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, A Monumental Vision, Cologne, 2005, no. 324, illustration of another cast p. 217

Attractive black-green patina. Some dust in the deepest crevices. Scattered spots of red-colored verdigris to the back of the figure's head. A few additional spots of verdigris scattered throughout. Otherwise, fine. This work is in good condition.
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