Sale 1271
New York
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25 September 2003
Price realised
USD 10,755
Estimate
Henry Moore (1898-1986) Wall Relief: Maquette No. 1 bronze with gold and green patina relief mounted on copper covered panel 10 x 22 in. (25.4 x 56 cm.) Mount: 14 5/8 x 26 in. (37.2 x 66 cm.) Conceived in 1955; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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Literature
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, London, 1983, vol. 3, no. 365 (another cast illustrated, pl. 14.)
Pre-Lot Text
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