Henry Moore

Fischer Fine Art, London (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Sweden (acquired from the above)
Sale: Stockholms Auktionsverk, Stockholm, 22nd April 2015, lot 405
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Alan Bowness, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, Sculpture 1974-80, London, 1983, vol. V, no. 743, illustrated n.p. & p. 52
Henry Moore Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Grafiken (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Ruf, Munich & Orangerie Palais Auersperg, Vienna, 1983-84, illustration of another cast no. 38
John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, A Monumental Vision, Cologne, 2005, no. 629, colour illustration of another cast p. 241

Black patina. There are some remnants of plaster visible to the underside and there is some rubbing to the most protruding parts, notably the side of the male figure and to the edges of the base. There are various scattered surface nicks some of which have been in-painted. There is some dust in the crevices. This work is in overall fairly good condition.
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