Lot Essay
Other casts from this edition are housed in the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, Venice and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Stringed Object
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Stringed Object
bronze with gold patina and string
2 3/4in. (7cm.) long
2in. (5cm.) high
Conceived in 1938 and cast from 1956 in an edition of nine plus one artist's proof
Stringed Object
bronze with gold patina and string
2 3/4in. (7cm.) long
2in. (5cm.) high
Conceived in 1938 and cast from 1956 in an edition of nine plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Sir Kenneth Clark, London
Fischer Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989
Fischer Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989
Literature
ed. D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore Sculpture, London 1981, no. 133 (another cast illustrated p. 79).
ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, vol. I, Sculpture 1921-48, London 1990, no. 187, p. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, vol. I, Sculpture 1921-48, London 1990, no. 187, p. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
Exhibited
London, Fischer Fine Art, Henry Moore, November 1988 - January 1989.