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Upright Motive: Maquette No. 6
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Upright Motive: Maquette No. 6
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a stone base
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1955 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Cast in 1956 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Upright Motive: Maquette No. 6
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a stone base
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1955 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Cast in 1956 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Provenance
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, where purchased in April 1969.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 492.
with Trinity House, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 2015.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 492.
with Trinity House, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 2015.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, p. 22, no. 384, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Tucson, University of Arizona Art Gallery, Henry Moore: A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, February - March 1965, p. 37, no. 15, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Dallas, Vallery House Gallery, April - May 1965; and Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center, May - June 1965.
New Orleans, Orleans Gallery, Henry Moore, July - August 1965, no. 14.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculptures et Dessins, May - August 1977, p. 105, no. 79, another cast illustrated.
New Orleans, Orleans Gallery, Henry Moore, July - August 1965, no. 14.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculptures et Dessins, May - August 1977, p. 105, no. 79, another cast illustrated.
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