Sale 7998
London
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17 November 2011
Price realised
GBP 32,450
Estimate
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986) Two Standing Figures: Twisting signed and numbered 'Moore 2/9' (on the side of the base) bronze with a green patina 7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high, excluding base; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, overall Conceived in 1979.
Provenance
Daniel Henry Kahnweiler, by whom gifted to the present owner's uncle.
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Literature
A. Bowness, Henry Moore Volume 5 Complete Sculpture 1974-80, London, 1983, pp. 44-45, no. 772, another cast illustrated.
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