HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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signed and numbered 'Moore 2/6' (on the reverse)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-stained wooden base
11 ¹/₂ in. (29.2 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1955 and cast by Gaskin's Art Bronze Foundry, London, in an edition of 6, plus an artist's cast.
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signed and numbered 'Moore 2/6' (on the reverse)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-stained wooden base
11 ¹/₂ in. (29.2 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1955 and cast by Gaskin's Art Bronze Foundry, London, in an edition of 6, plus an artist's cast.
Provenance
with Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1970.
with Fischer Fine Art, London.
with Albert White Gallery, Toronto, 1974.
Private collection, Montreal.
Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 509, where purchased by the present owner.
with Fischer Fine Art, London.
with Albert White Gallery, Toronto, 1974.
Private collection, Montreal.
Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 509, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H. Read, Henry Moore: A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1965, p. 200, no. 185, another cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, n.p., pls. 497 and 499, another cast illustrated.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: With Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, p. 132, no. 265, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, p. 25, no. 397, pls. 16-17, another cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, n.p., pls. 497 and 499, another cast illustrated.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: With Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, p. 132, no. 265, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, p. 25, no. 397, pls. 16-17, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore, July - September 1968, n.p., no. 93, pl. 69, another cast illustrated.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculpture et Dessins, May - August 1977, n.p., no. 86, another cast illustrated.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculpture et Dessins, May - August 1977, n.p., no. 86, another cast illustrated.
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