Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Madonna and Child

Details

Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Madonna and Child
terracotta
Height: 7½ in. (19 cm.)
Executed in 1943

Provenance

Lord Kenneth Clark, Saltwood, England.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 1 May 1996, lot 375.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

Burlington Magazine, vol. XL, July 1948, p. 191.
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1957, vol. 1, no. 222 (illustrated, p. 138).
E. Neumann, The Archetypal World of Henry Moore, Princeton, 1959, p. 128, no. 57 (illustrated).
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, no. 161 (illustrated, p. 91).

Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore, May-July 1951, no. 157.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore Sculptures et Dessins, May-August 1977, no. 46.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Arts; Tokyo, Sozon Museum of Art; Katakyshu, Municipal Museum of Art; Hiroshima, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Oita, Prefectural Museum of Art, Henry Moore--Intime, April 1992-August 1993 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The first owner of this work was the prominent art historian Lord Kenneth Clark. Lord Clark was famous for promoting and popularizing the arts, especially as the presenter and writer of the TV series and related book Civilisation (1969). He was also he director of the National Gallery London from 1935 to 1945.

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