HENRY MOORE
BIRD , 1955 (Conceived)
Lot #153 |
2019-11-19 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern & Post-War British Art
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 10,000 - 15,000 (currency of sale)
USD 12,770 - 19,155 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L19143
Auction name: Modern & Post-War British Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2019-11-19
End date: 2019-11-20
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: Modern Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Edition: 12
Edition notes: Edition of 12.
Year notes: Conceived in 1955.
Provenance
George David Winter, to whom presented in 1966 as The Thomas Henry Huxlet award for original contributions to Zoology Sale, Phillips London, 22nd June 1993, lot 81A, where acquired by the late owner
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Henry Moore, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection , 1978,Ā cat. no.29 (another cast).
Literature
Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Volume 3 Sculpture 1955-64 , Lund Humphries, London, 1965, cat. no.393, illustrated p.22 (another cast); W.J. Strachan, Henry Moore: Animals , Aurum Press Limited, London, 1983, cat. no.21, illustrated p.43 (another cast).
Catalog summary
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986 BIRD signed bronze height (excluding base): 8cm.; 3Ā¼in.; length: 14cm.; 5Ā½in. Conceived in 1955, the present work is from the edition of 12. Provenance George David Winter, to whom presented in 1966 as The Thomas Henry Huxlet award for original contributions to Zoology Sale, Phillips London, 22nd June 1993, lot 81A, where acquired by the late owner Exhibited Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Henry Moore, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection , 1978,Ā cat. no.29 (another cast). Literature Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Volume 3 Sculpture 1955-64 , Lund Humphries, London, 1965, cat. no.393, illustrated p.22 (another cast); W.J. Strachan, Henry Moore: Animals , Aurum Press Limited, London, 1983, cat. no.21, illustrated p.43 (another cast).