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Property from the Collection of Wilma (Billie) and Laurence Tisch
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Seated Figure
Details
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Seated Figure
numbered '1⁄5' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
41 ¾ x 21 x 21 ¼ in. (106 x 54 x 55 cm.)
Conceived in 1952-1953
Seated Figure
numbered '1⁄5' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
41 ¾ x 21 x 21 ¼ in. (106 x 54 x 55 cm.)
Conceived in 1952-1953
Provenance
Laing Gallery, Toronto.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (half-share acquired from the above, 31 January 1964).
Lester Avnet, New York (acquired from the above, April 1964); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 13 October 1965, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (half-share acquired from the above, 31 January 1964).
Lester Avnet, New York (acquired from the above, April 1964); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 13 October 1965, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings since 1948, London, 1955, vol. 2, pls. 77 and 77a (terracotta version illustrated).
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, London, 1959, pp. XIV, 111 and 113, no. 86 (terracotta version illustrated).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-1954, London, 1986, vol. 2, pp. 48-49, no. 347, pls. 120-121 (another cast illustrated).
The Henry Moore Foundation, eds., Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue, (https://catalogue.henry-moore.org/start), no. LH 347 (other casts illustrated; accessed October 2026).
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, London, 1959, pp. XIV, 111 and 113, no. 86 (terracotta version illustrated).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-1954, London, 1986, vol. 2, pp. 48-49, no. 347, pls. 120-121 (another cast illustrated).
The Henry Moore Foundation, eds., Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue, (https://catalogue.henry-moore.org/start), no. LH 347 (other casts illustrated; accessed October 2026).
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