Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Working Model for Mother and Child: Block Seat
Auction Closed
May 16, 12:52 AM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished California Collection
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Working Model for Mother and Child: Block Seat
inscribed Moore and numbered 3/9
bronze
height: 24 ⅝ in.
63.5 cm.
Conceived in 1983 and cast by Fiorini Ltd, London in an edition of nine plus one artist’s proof.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.
Private Collection, California (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exh. Cat., Hempstead, Hofstra Museum; Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Philadelphia, Art Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania (and traveling), Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, 1987-88, no. 106, n.p., illustration of another cast (incorrectly catalogued as LH838 and with incorrect dimensions)
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1980-86, vol. 6, London, 1988, no. 837, p. 44-49, pls. 82-85, illustrations of another cast (with incorrect dimensions)
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1980-86, vol. 6, London, 1999, no, 837, pls. 93-94, pp. 46-47, illustrations of another cast
Exh. Cat., Hertfordshire, The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Plasters, 2011, figs. 154-55, p. 30 and pp. 150-51, illustrations of the plaster
Exh. Cat., Hertfordshire, The Henry Moore Foundation and Warwickshire, Compton Verney House, Moore Rodin, 2014, fig. 62, no. 123, p. 52, illustration of another cast in color
Exh. Cat., Landerneau, Fonds Hélène and Édouard Leclerc, Henry Moore, 2018, p. 10, illustrations of another cast and the plaster in the artist's studio; p. 218, illustration of the plaster in artist's studio
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