Lot Essay
See note to the previous lot. This sculpture is the second of the four maquettes. In this version Moore tried to vary the regular repetition of the forms and make them less symmetrical.
Property from
A MIDWESTERN ESTATE
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Time-Life Screen -- Maquette No. 2
bronze with green patina
Height: 7 1/8in. (18cm.)
Length: 12¾in. (32.4cm.)
Plaster version executed in 1952; this bronze version cast before 1962 in an edition of nine
Time-Life Screen -- Maquette No. 2
bronze with green patina
Height: 7 1/8in. (18cm.)
Length: 12¾in. (32.4cm.)
Plaster version executed in 1952; this bronze version cast before 1962 in an edition of nine
Provenance
Brook Street Gallery Ltd., London (1962)
Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago (acquired by the late owner)
Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago (acquired by the late owner)
Literature
ed. A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1965, vol. 2 (1949-54), no. 340 (plaster version illustrated,
pl. 65)
J. Hedgecoe and H. Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, no. 2, (another cast illustrated, p. 214)
pl. 65)
J. Hedgecoe and H. Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, no. 2, (another cast illustrated, p. 214)
Exhibited
Chicago, The School of Social Administration Building, Chicago's Hommage to Henry Moore, Dec., 1967, no. 13