Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Private Collection
Henry Moore
Reclining Figure
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
450,000 - 550,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Reclining Figure
numbered 7/8 (on the underside)
bronze
length: 9¾ in.
25 cm.
Conceived in 1939; this example executed in 1959 as number 7 in an edition of 8 plus 1 by Susse Fondeur.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Private Collection, Japan
Sotheby's London, 1 December 1993, lot 260 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, Japan
Sotheby's London, 1 December 1993, lot 260 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
David Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-48, vol. I, London, 1957, no. 208, p. 12 & 119, illustration of another cast
Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 6, pl. 31, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore, 1968, no. 51, pls. 71-72, illustration of another cast
John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, Henry Moore, Tennessee, 1968, p. 152, illustration of another cast
Robert Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 213, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint Petersburg, Benois Museum and Moscow, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Henry Moore, The Human Dimension, 1991, no. 39, p. 64, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore, 1992, no. 11, illustration of another cast
Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 6, pl. 31, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore, 1968, no. 51, pls. 71-72, illustration of another cast
John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, Henry Moore, Tennessee, 1968, p. 152, illustration of another cast
Robert Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 213, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Saint Petersburg, Benois Museum and Moscow, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Henry Moore, The Human Dimension, 1991, no. 39, p. 64, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore, 1992, no. 11, illustration of another cast