SEATED TORSO
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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
SEATED TORSO
NUMBERED '6/9' (ON THE UNDERSIDE)
BRONZE WITH BLACK PATINA
15 3/4IN. (40CM.) HIGH
CONCEIVED IN 1954 AND CAST IN 1956 IN A NUMBERED EDITION OF NINE.
SEATED TORSO
NUMBERED '6/9' (ON THE UNDERSIDE)
BRONZE WITH BLACK PATINA
15 3/4IN. (40CM.) HIGH
CONCEIVED IN 1954 AND CAST IN 1956 IN A NUMBERED EDITION OF NINE.
Provenance
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST BY THE LATE HUSBAND OF THE PRESENT OWNER
Literature
W. GROHMANN, THE ART OF HENRY MOORE, LONDON 1960, NO. 178 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED).
A. BOWNESS, HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1949-1954, VOL. II, LONDON 1968, NO. 362 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED PL. 52).
I. JIANOU, HENRY MOORE, PARIS 1968, NO. 348 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED FIG. 57, PL. 58).
R. MELVILLE, HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969, LONDON 1970, NO. 468 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED).
D. MITCHINSON (ED.), HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE, LONDON 1981, NO. 262 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED P. 130).
A. BOWNESS, HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1949-1954, VOL. II, LONDON 1968, NO. 362 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED PL. 52).
I. JIANOU, HENRY MOORE, PARIS 1968, NO. 348 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED FIG. 57, PL. 58).
R. MELVILLE, HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969, LONDON 1970, NO. 468 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED).
D. MITCHINSON (ED.), HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE, LONDON 1981, NO. 262 (ANOTHER CAST ILLUSTRATED P. 130).
Sale room notice
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CATALOGUING FOR THIS LOT:
SIGNED 'MOORE' (ON THE UNDERSIDE).
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN KINDLY CONFIRMED BY THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION AND IS RECORDED IN THEIR ARCHIVES UNDER NO. LH362.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PROVENANCE: BERGGRUEN & CIE, PARIS.
SIGNED 'MOORE' (ON THE UNDERSIDE).
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN KINDLY CONFIRMED BY THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION AND IS RECORDED IN THEIR ARCHIVES UNDER NO. LH362.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PROVENANCE: BERGGRUEN & CIE, PARIS.