Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Stringed Mother and Child

Details

Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Moore, H.
Stringed Mother and Child
signed and numbered 'Moore 6/9' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina and string
Height: 18.3/8 in (46.7 cm.)
Width: 16 in. (42.6 cm.)
Depth: 8 in. (21.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this bronze version cast in 1986

Literature

ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, London, 1988, vol. I (1921-48), p. 11, no. 186 (another version illustrated).

Lot Essay

This work is listed in the unpublished addenda to volume 1 of the Lund Humphries catalogue raisonn as entry 186h and will be included when the volume is reprinted. Also note that LH186 is a related but smaller work with a completely separate edition.

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