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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Head of a Girl
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Head of a Girl
signed 'Moore' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a Hopton-wood stone base
6 5⁄8 in. (16.7 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in terracotta in 1923 and cast circa 1930 in an edition of 9.
Head of a Girl
signed 'Moore' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a Hopton-wood stone base
6 5⁄8 in. (16.7 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in terracotta in 1923 and cast circa 1930 in an edition of 9.
Provenance
Private collection, London.
with Berkeley Square Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1997.
with Berkeley Square Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1997.
Literature
B. Denvir, 'Art Collectors and their Collections: 2, W.A. Evill', The Studio, Vol. 137, no. 671, February 1949, p. 46, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, pp. 3, 21, no. 15, terracotta illustrated.
P. Osborne (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: A Centenary Exhibition, London, Berkeley Square Gallery, 1998, n.p., illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, pp. 3, 21, no. 15, terracotta illustrated.
P. Osborne (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: A Centenary Exhibition, London, Berkeley Square Gallery, 1998, n.p., illustrated.
Exhibited
Venice, XVII Biennale, 1930, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, The Home of Wilfred A. Evill, Catalogue of Part of a Collection of Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W.A. Evill, December 1947 - February 1948, no. 93, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, Tate Gallery, The Private Collector, March - April 1950, no. 328, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, The Home of Wilfred A. Evill, Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, no. 23, another cast exhibited.
Brighton, Art Gallery, The Wilfred Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, no. 116, another cast exhibited, as 'Head of a Young Girl'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore, July - September 1968, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, The Home of Wilfred A. Evill, Catalogue of Part of a Collection of Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W.A. Evill, December 1947 - February 1948, no. 93, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, Tate Gallery, The Private Collector, March - April 1950, no. 328, another cast exhibited.
London, Contemporary Art Society, The Home of Wilfred A. Evill, Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, no. 23, another cast exhibited.
Brighton, Art Gallery, The Wilfred Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, no. 116, another cast exhibited, as 'Head of a Young Girl'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore, July - September 1968, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
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Alice Murray
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