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Seated Woman: Shell Skirt
Details
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Seated Woman: Shell Skirt
signed and numbered 'Moore 5/9' (on the back of the bronze base)
bronze with a brown patina, on a black slate base
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high, excluding slate base
Conceived in 1983 and cast in 1984 in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Seated Woman: Shell Skirt
signed and numbered 'Moore 5/9' (on the back of the bronze base)
bronze with a brown patina, on a black slate base
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high, excluding slate base
Conceived in 1983 and cast in 1984 in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
with Osborne Samuel Gallery, London.
with Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
with Osborne Samuel Gallery, London.
with Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Intime, Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 79, 193, no. 42, as 'Maquette for Seated Woman: Shell Skirt', plaster version illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1980-86, vol. 6, London, 1999, p. 61, no. 911, pls. 137-138, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1980-86, vol. 6, London, 1999, p. 61, no. 911, pls. 137-138, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Henry Moore Intime, September - November 1992, no. 42, as 'Maquette for Seated Woman: Shell Skirt', plaster version exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum of Art, November 1992 - January 1993; Hiroshima, City Museum of Contemporary Art, April - May 1993; and Oita, Prefectural Museum of Art, June - August 1993.
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