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Maquette for Two nuns
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Maquette for Two nuns
inscribed with the signature 'Moore' (on top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'NOACK BERLIN 5/7' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height including base: 4½ in. (11.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1966 and cast in an edition of 7
Maquette for Two nuns
inscribed with the signature 'Moore' (on top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'NOACK BERLIN 5/7' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height including base: 4½ in. (11.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1966 and cast in an edition of 7
Provenance
Marlborogh Fine Art, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1983.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1983.
Literature
A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture and drawings, vol. 4, Sculpture 1964-73, London, 1977, no. 561 (illustrated page 47, plate 640).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore 85th Birthday Exhibition, June - August 1983, no. 48 (illustrated page 72).
Special notice
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