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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Family Group
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Family Group
signed ‘MOORE’ (on the side of the base)
bronze with a brown patina
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Conceived in 1947 and cast in edition of 7, plus an artist’s cast.
Cast by Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin’s), London, circa 1947.
Family Group
signed ‘MOORE’ (on the side of the base)
bronze with a brown patina
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Conceived in 1947 and cast in edition of 7, plus an artist’s cast.
Cast by Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin’s), London, circa 1947.
Provenance
with Hanover Gallery, London, where acquired by Romie and Blanche Shapiro in the early 1950s.
The estate of Blanche Shapiro, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1992.
The estate of Blanche Shapiro, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1992.
Literature
The Magazine of Art, Vol. 43, November 1950, 247.
Apollo, No. 80, October 1964, p. 80.
D. Sylvester, ‘The Evolution of Henry Moore’s Sculpture’, Burlington Magazine, July 1948.
H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, New York, 1949, n.p., no. 106, another cast illustrated.
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, New York, 1959, p. 86, no. 53, another cast illustrated.
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 8, pl. 122, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 75, no. 251.
J. Hedgecoe and H. Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 176, no. 3, another cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, n.p., no. 364, another cast illustrated.
Apollo, No. 97, June 1973, p. 203.
Apollo, No. 98, July 1973, p. 13.
The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 183, July 1973, p. 150.
E.H. Teague, Henry Moore: Bibliography and Reproductions Index, Jefferson, 1981, p. 129.
A. Wilkinson, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, 1987, p. 129, fig. 61, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1990, pp. 16, 149, no. 267, another cast illustrated.
Apollo, No. 80, October 1964, p. 80.
D. Sylvester, ‘The Evolution of Henry Moore’s Sculpture’, Burlington Magazine, July 1948.
H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, New York, 1949, n.p., no. 106, another cast illustrated.
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, New York, 1959, p. 86, no. 53, another cast illustrated.
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 8, pl. 122, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 75, no. 251.
J. Hedgecoe and H. Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 176, no. 3, another cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, n.p., no. 364, another cast illustrated.
Apollo, No. 97, June 1973, p. 203.
Apollo, No. 98, July 1973, p. 13.
The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 183, July 1973, p. 150.
E.H. Teague, Henry Moore: Bibliography and Reproductions Index, Jefferson, 1981, p. 129.
A. Wilkinson, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, 1987, p. 129, fig. 61, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1990, pp. 16, 149, no. 267, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore: Festival of Britain, May - July 1951, no. 168, another cast exhibited.
Essen, British Council, Folkwang Museum, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1927-1959, January - March 1960, n.p., no. 12, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Hamburg, Kunstverein, May - July 1960, no. 11; Zürich, Kunsthaus, September - October 1960, no. 15; Munich, Haus der Kunst, November - December 1960; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, January - February 1961, no. 12; Paris, Musée Rodin, March - April 1961; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, June - July 1961; Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, July - September 1961; Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, September - October 1961; and Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, December 1961 - January 1962.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, pp. 38-39, no. 16, another cast illustrated.
Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, September - November 1987, pp. 54, 138, no. 31, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, December 1987 - January 1988; Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, December 1987 - January 1988; and Baltimore, Art Museum, February - April 1988.
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Masters of Modern Sculpture, November - December 1989, n.p., no. 18, another cast illustrated.
Leningrad, British Council, Benois Museum, Henry Moore in the Soviet Union, June - August 1991, p. 84, no. 59, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Moscow, Pushkin Museum, September - October 1991.
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, January - March 1999, pp. 30-31, no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore: Rétrospective, July - November 2002, p. 129, no. 108, another cast exhibited.
Essen, British Council, Folkwang Museum, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1927-1959, January - March 1960, n.p., no. 12, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Hamburg, Kunstverein, May - July 1960, no. 11; Zürich, Kunsthaus, September - October 1960, no. 15; Munich, Haus der Kunst, November - December 1960; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, January - February 1961, no. 12; Paris, Musée Rodin, March - April 1961; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, June - July 1961; Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, July - September 1961; Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, September - October 1961; and Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, December 1961 - January 1962.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, pp. 38-39, no. 16, another cast illustrated.
Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, September - November 1987, pp. 54, 138, no. 31, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, December 1987 - January 1988; Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, December 1987 - January 1988; and Baltimore, Art Museum, February - April 1988.
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Masters of Modern Sculpture, November - December 1989, n.p., no. 18, another cast illustrated.
Leningrad, British Council, Benois Museum, Henry Moore in the Soviet Union, June - August 1991, p. 84, no. 59, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Moscow, Pushkin Museum, September - October 1991.
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, January - March 1999, pp. 30-31, no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore: Rétrospective, July - November 2002, p. 129, no. 108, another cast exhibited.
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