Seated Figure on Circular Steps

Details

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Seated Figure on Circular Steps
numbered '7/8' and stamped with foundry mark 'CIRE/PERDUE/VALSUANI' (on the base)
bronze with a black patina
14 in. (35.5 cm.) long
Conceived and cast in 1957.

Provenance

with Marlborough Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in February 1964.

Literature

A. Bowness, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1955-1964 III, London, 1965, no. 437, p. 26, another cast illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

During the 1950s Moore received commissions for large sculptures to be place in architectural settings resulting in important projects such as Draped Reclining Figure for the Time-Life Building in London in 1952, and Reclining Figure for the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 1956. The challenge of relating the figure to its surroundings continued to fascinate Moore and during this period he produced about a dozen maquettes in which the composition consists of the figure against an architectural backdrop.

In Seated Figure on Circular Steps, the curved steps with their horizontal linear design project a mood of intimacy and projection. Unlike the more abstract figures in other variations on this theme, the figure in the present sculpture possesses the fullness of Moore's naturalistic female forms.

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