Modern & Post-War British Art
Modern & Post-War British Art
Auction Closed
November 20, 12:36 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
HENRY MOORE
1898-1986
BIRD
signed
bronze
height (excluding base): 8cm.; 3¼in.; length: 14cm.; 5½in.
Conceived in 1955, the present work is from the edition of 12.
George David Winter, to whom presented in 1966 as The Thomas Henry Huxlet award for original contributions to Zoology
Sale, Phillips London, 22nd June 1993, lot 81A, where acquired by the late owner
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Volume 3 Sculpture 1955-64, Lund Humphries, London, 1965, cat. no.393, illustrated p.22 (another cast);
W.J. Strachan, Henry Moore: Animals, Aurum Press Limited, London, 1983, cat. no.21, illustrated p.43 (another cast).
Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Henry Moore, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, 1978, cat. no.29 (another cast).