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Standing Figure: Shell Skirt
Details
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Standing Figure: Shell Skirt
signed and numbered 'Moore 7⁄9' (on the back)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 6 7⁄8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1967
Standing Figure: Shell Skirt
signed and numbered 'Moore 7⁄9' (on the back)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 6 7⁄8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1967
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired from the artist, December 1967).
Private collection, Cullen, Scotland (acquired from the above, 1969); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 340.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Cullen, Scotland (acquired from the above, 1969); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 340.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 366 (another cast illustrated, pl. 722).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-1973, London, 1977, vol. 4, p. 49, no. 566 (another cast illustrated, pl. 67a) .
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, pp. 188 and 313, no. 403 (another cast illustrated, p. 188).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue (www.henry-moore.org), no. LH 566 (another cast illustrated in color; accessed March 2026).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-1973, London, 1977, vol. 4, p. 49, no. 566 (another cast illustrated, pl. 67a) .
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, pp. 188 and 313, no. 403 (another cast illustrated, p. 188).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue (www.henry-moore.org), no. LH 566 (another cast illustrated in color; accessed March 2026).
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Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale