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Reclining Figure
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-painted wooden base
5 in. (12.4 cm.) long, excluding base
Conceived circa 1936-37 and cast in bronze in 1959 in an edition of 6.
Reclining Figure
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-painted wooden base
5 in. (12.4 cm.) long, excluding base
Conceived circa 1936-37 and cast in bronze in 1959 in an edition of 6.
Provenance
with Marlborough Gallery, New York, where purchased by the family of the previous owner circa 1960.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 4 December 2020, lot 777, where purchased by the present owner.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 4 December 2020, lot 777, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 8-9, no. 1, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol. 6, London, 1999, p. 28, no. 175a, another cast illustrated, listed in 'Addenda to Volume 1 1921-48'.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol. 6, London, 1999, p. 28, no. 175a, another cast illustrated, listed in 'Addenda to Volume 1 1921-48'.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
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