Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Madonna and Child

細節

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

來源

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.

出版

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).

展覽

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).

拍品專文

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.