Property of the
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION
from the Estate of Nina Bunshaft Sold to Benefit
the Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund for Acquisitions
in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate
Details
Property of the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART CORPORATION From the Estate
of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON BUNSHAFT FUND
for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Stringed Head
signed and numbered on the base 'Moore 1/5'--polished bronze and string Height (including base): 4½in. (11.5cm.)
Original terracotta version executed 1938; this bronze version cast in 1968, number one in an edition of five
of NINA BUNSHAFT Sold to Benefit the NINA and GORDON BUNSHAFT FUND
for Acquisitions in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Stringed Head
signed and numbered on the base 'Moore 1/5'--polished bronze and string Height (including base): 4½in. (11.5cm.)
Original terracotta version executed 1938; this bronze version cast in 1968, number one in an edition of five
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Gordon Bunshaft, 1968
Literature
ed. D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore Sculpture, with comments by the artist, London, 1981, no. 129 (another cast illustrated, p. 76)
Further details
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.