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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Head
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Head
signed and numbered 'Moore/ 3⁄9' (on the top of the base)
bronze with a brown patina
24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1984 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Cast in 1984 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Head
signed and numbered 'Moore/ 3⁄9' (on the top of the base)
bronze with a brown patina
24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1984 and cast in an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast.
Cast in 1984 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist's studio by Contemporary Sculpture Center.
Private collection, Japan, by whom purchased from the above in the 1990s.
Private collection, Japan, by whom purchased from the above in the 1990s.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1980-86, Vol. 6, London, 1999, p. 63, no. 918, pls 145-148, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Andros, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Henry Moore: In the Light of Greece, June - September 2000, n.p., no. 52, another cast illustrated.
Perry Green, Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Moore Rodin, March - October 2013, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Warwickshire, Compton Verney, February - August 2014.
London, Gagosian Gallery, Henry Moore Wunderkammer: The Origins of Form, February - April 2015, another cast exhibited.
Woking, The Lightbox, Henry Moore: Sculpting from Nature, January - May 2017, another cast exhibited.
Orońsko, Centre of Polish Sculpture, The Power of Nature: Henry Moore in Poland, April - September 2018, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Wrocław, National Museum in Wrocław, September 2018 - January 2019; and Kraków, National Museum, February - June 2019.
Perry Green, Sheep Field Barn Gallery, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, The Art and Life of Henry Moore, April 2026, another cast exhibited.
Perry Green, Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Moore Rodin, March - October 2013, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Warwickshire, Compton Verney, February - August 2014.
London, Gagosian Gallery, Henry Moore Wunderkammer: The Origins of Form, February - April 2015, another cast exhibited.
Woking, The Lightbox, Henry Moore: Sculpting from Nature, January - May 2017, another cast exhibited.
Orońsko, Centre of Polish Sculpture, The Power of Nature: Henry Moore in Poland, April - September 2018, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Wrocław, National Museum in Wrocław, September 2018 - January 2019; and Kraków, National Museum, February - June 2019.
Perry Green, Sheep Field Barn Gallery, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, The Art and Life of Henry Moore, April 2026, another cast exhibited.
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