Lot 380
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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
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Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Mother with Twins

Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Mother with Twins
inscribed with the signature and numbered 'Moore 5/9' (at the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown green patina
5in. (12.8cm.) high
6¼in. (16cm.) high including the base
Conceived and cast in 1982, this work is number five in a numbered edition of nine
Literature
A. Bowness, Henry Moore Complete Sculpture, 1980-1986, London 1988, vol. VI, no. 873 (another cast illustrated p. 52 and pl. 103).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

The theme of Mother and Child was a constant and recurring one throughout Moore's oeuvre. However, as he stated, it was not because he was obsessed with this theme and other recurring subjects such as the reclining figure, but rather "I haven't exhausted them and, if I were to live another hundred years, I would still find satisfaction in these subjects. I could never get tired of them, I can always discover new thoughts and ideas based on the human figure, it is inexhaustible." (Henry Moore in Henry Moore, My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, London 1986, p. 184).

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