Modern British & Irish Art Evening Auction
Modern British & Irish Art Evening Auction
Property of a Gentleman
Henry Moore, R.A.
Mother and Child
Estimate
350,000 - 550,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Mother and Child
bronze
height (not including base): 51cm.; 20¼in.
height (including wooden base): 53.5cm.; 21in.
Conceived in 1953, the present work is from an edition of seven plus two extra casts, including one in the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington and one in the Tate Gallery, London.
Acquired from the Artist through the agency of Gustav Kahnweiler in the 1950s, and
thence by descent
Sale, Christie's London, 30 April 1999, lot 137, where acquired by the previous owner
Sale, Christies London, 24 June 2010, lot 345, where acquired by the present owner
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-1954, Vol. 2, Lund Humphries, London, 1986, no. 315, illustrated p. 39 (another cast)
Franko Russoli and David Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: with comments by the artist, Macmillan, London, 1981, no. 227, illustrated p. 115 (another cast)