Lot Essay
This sculpture was used as the model for the Clayton Madonna, executed 1947-1949, which was commissioned by Sir Jasper Ridley, for St. Peter's Church in Claydon, Suffolk, England.
Madonna and Child
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Madonna and Child
terracotta
Height: 7½in. (19cm.)
Executed in 1943
Madonna and Child
terracotta
Height: 7½in. (19cm.)
Executed in 1943
Provenance
Lord Kenneth Clark, Saltwood, England
Literature
Burlington Magazine, vol. XL, July, 1948, p. 191
ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1957, vol. I (1921-1948), no. 222
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, Princeton, New Jersey, 1959, no. 57 (illustrated, p. 128)
ed. D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, no. 161 (illustrated, p. 91)
ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1957, vol. I (1921-1948), no. 222
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, Princeton, New Jersey, 1959, no. 57 (illustrated, p. 128)
ed. D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, no. 161 (illustrated, p. 91)
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore, May-July, 1951, no. 157
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore Sculptures et Dessins, May-Aug., 1977, no. 46
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Henry Moore--Intime, April-July, 1992 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Tokyo, Sozon Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov., 1992; Katakyshu, Municipal Museum of Art, Nov., 1992-Jan., 1993; Hiroshima, Museum of Contemporary Art, April-May, 1993 and Oita, Prefectural Museum of Art, June-Aug., 1993.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore Sculptures et Dessins, May-Aug., 1977, no. 46
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Henry Moore--Intime, April-July, 1992 (illustrated). The exhibition traveled to Tokyo, Sozon Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov., 1992; Katakyshu, Municipal Museum of Art, Nov., 1992-Jan., 1993; Hiroshima, Museum of Contemporary Art, April-May, 1993 and Oita, Prefectural Museum of Art, June-Aug., 1993.