A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Day Auction
A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Day Auction
Reclining Figure
Auction Closed
November 19, 03:54 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Reclining Figure
bronze
length: 27 ¾ in. 75.6 cm.
Conceived in 1957 and cast by Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin's) in 1957-59; this example is cast G from an edition of 12 plus 1 artist’s proof.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.
Galerie des Arts Anciens et Modernes, Zurich
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (half-share acquired from the above in January 1960)
Roger Kellogg-Stillson, New York (acquired from the above on 1 March 1960)
Private Collection, New York
Christie’s, New York, 14 November 1989, lot 88 (consigned by the above)
Weintraub Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby’s, New York, 14 May 1998, lot 333 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawing, Sculpture 1955-64, vol. 3, London, 1965, no. 413, p. 24, pls. 38a-38b, illustrations of another cast
Herbert Read, Henry Moore, A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1965, p. 141, pl. 196, illustration of another cast
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, no. 407, p. 82
Henry Moore and John Hedgecoe, eds., Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 151, fig. 5, illustration of another cast; p. 527
Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, New York, 1970, pp. 338 and 360, pls. 541 and 544, illustrations of another cast; pl. XXIII, illustration in color of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)
Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore, New York, 1972, nos. 139 and 140, illustrations of another cast
David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, no. 294, p. 141, illustration in color of another cast; p. 312
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawing, Sculpture 1955-64, vol. 3, London, 1986, no. 413, p. 30, illustration of another cast; p. 31, pls. 40-41, illustrations of another cast
Henry Moore Foundation, ed., Henry Moore: Catalogue Raisonné, no. LH 413, https://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/25270/reclining-figure (accessed 21 October 2024)
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