Lot 171
  • 171

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • UPRIGHT MOTIVE NO.12
  • inscribed Moore, numbered 2/9 and stamped with the foundry mark H. Noack, Berlin

  • bronze
  • height: 32.4cm., 12 3/4 in.

Provenance

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Helen W. Benjamin, New York (acquired  from the above in 1970; sale: Sotheby's, New York, Property from the Collection of Helen W. Benjamin, 2nd May 1996, lot 279)
Private Collection, Europe

Exhibited

New York & London, Marlborough Galleries, Henry Moore, 1965, no. 8

Literature

John Hedgecoe & Henry Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1963, illustrated p. 243
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1955-64, London, 1965, vol. III, no. 392, illustration of another cast p. 24; illustration of the plaster model p. 22

Condition

With a rich golden brown patina. Minor surface dirt and dust in the crevices. Presented on a black stone base. Overall in very good condition.
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