Modern British & Irish Art

Modern British & Irish Art

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Property of a Distinguished Collector

Henry Moore

Family Group

Auction Closed

November 23, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Distinguished Collector

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

Family Group


inscribed with signature Moore and numbered 0/7 (on the back of the base)

bronze

height (with base): 16cm.; 6¼in.

height (without base): 12.8cm., 5in.


Conceived in 1945, the present work is number 0 from the edition of 7 plus 1. 

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (possibly) 
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Gallery Kasahara, Tokyo, 1978, where acquired by a Private Collection, Japan
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1990s
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, Arted, Paris, 1968, no. 226, p. 74
Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore, Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1971, no. 77, illustrated n.p. (another cast) 
David Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948, Lund Humphries, London, 1988, vol. I, no. 239, p. 15