Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Two Seated Figures against Wall

Details

Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Two Seated Figures against Wall
bronze with brown patina
Height: 19 5/8in. (50cm.)
Width: 19 3/8in. (49.3cm.)
Cast in 1960 in an edition of 12

Literature

R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 591 (another cast illustrated)
ed. A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1986 (revised edition), vol. 3 (1955-64), no. 454 (another cast illustrated, p. 42 and pl. 86)

Lot Essay

See note to lot 240.

This sculpture is also known as Two Seated Girls against Wall, although the left-hand figure possesses more masculine characteristics when compared to the clearly female figure on the right.