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Provenance

Private Collection, Switzerland Peter Marino International, East Hampton Acquired from the above in 1999 by the present owner

Literature

Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore , Milan, 1971, nos. 151-52, n.p., illustrations in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Madrid, Palacio Velázquez and Palacio De Cristal, Parque de El Retiro, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics, 1921-1981 , 1981, no. 159, pls. 539-42, pp. 258-59, illustrations in color of another cast; p. XL David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, with comments by the artist , Barcelona, 1981, pls. 539-42, p. 314 and pp. 258-59, illustrations in color of another cast Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; Sculpture 1974-80 , vol. 5, London, 1983, no. 649, p. 19, illustration of another cast; pls. 14-19, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Fukuoka Art Museum, The Art of Henry Moore: Sculptures drawings and graphics 1921 to 1984 , 1986, no. 34, pp. 62 and 210, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Henry Moore: Sculptures, drawings and graphics 1922 to 1984 , 1987, no. 139, n.p., illustrations in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University; College Park, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania (and traveling), Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore , 1987-88, no. 17, p. 138; p. 38, illustration of another cast (catalogued as LH 648 and dated 1974) Exh. Cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Henry Moore , 1989, pp. 252-53, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., Milan, Castello Sforzesco, Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco , 1989, p. 132; pl. 79, illustration of another cast David Mitchinson and Julian Stallabrass, Henry Moore , Barcelona, 1992, pls. 151-52, illustrations in color of another cast David Cohen, Moore in the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris , Woodstock, 1994, no. 22, p. 144; pl. XXI, illustration in color of another cast Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1916-29, Volume 1, London, 1996, p. 206 (dated 1974) David Mitchinson, ed., Celebrating Moore: Works from the Henry Moore Foundation , London, 1998, no. 236, pp. 40 and 59; p. 308, illustration in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Dallas Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henry Moore, Sculpting the 20th Century , 2001-02, no. 96, p. 242, illustration in color of the plaster; p. 311 Miranda Lash, The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art , London, 2012, pp. 120-21, illustration in color of another cast Werner Spies, The Eye and the Word: Between Action Painting et Op Art , vol. VIII, New York and Berlin, 2011, p. 149, illustration in color of the plaster

Catalog summary

Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) Reclining Mother and Child inscribed Moore , numbered 3/7, and stamped with the foundry mark HERMANN NOACK ; inscribed and numbered again and stamped with the foundry mark H. Noack Berlin (on the base) bronze length: 83 ⅞ in. 213 cm. Conceived and cast in 1975-76 in an edition of 7 plus 1 artist's proof by Bildgiesserei Hermann Noack, Berlin. Saleroom notice Please note this Lot will be available for collection from Dun-Rite following the auction and the successful purchaser will be responsible for collection, shipping, and release fees. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Provenance Private Collection, Switzerland Peter Marino International, East Hampton Acquired from the above in 1999 by the present owner Literature Giulio Carlo Argan, Henry Moore , Milan, 1971, nos. 151-52, n.p., illustrations in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Madrid, Palacio Velázquez and Palacio De Cristal, Parque de El Retiro, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics, 1921-1981 , 1981, no. 159, pls. 539-42, pp. 258-59, illustrations in color of another cast; p. XL David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, with comments by the artist , Barcelona, 1981, pls. 539-42, p. 314 and pp. 258-59, illustrations in color of another cast Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; Sculpture 1974-80 , vol. 5, London, 1983, no. 649, p. 19, illustration of another cast; pls. 14-19, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Fukuoka Art Museum, The Art of Henry Moore: Sculptures drawings and graphics 1921 to 1984 , 1986, no. 34, pp. 62 and 210, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Henry Moore: Sculptures, drawings and graphics 1922 to 1984 , 1987, no. 139, n.p., illustrations in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University; College Park, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania (and traveling), Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore , 1987-88, no. 17, p. 138; p. 38, illustration of another cast (catalogued as LH 648 and dated 1974) Exh. Cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Henry Moore , 1989, pp. 252-53, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., Milan, Castello Sforzesco, Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco , 1989, p. 132; pl. 79, illustration of another cast David Mitchinson and Julian Stallabrass, Henry Moore , Barcelona, 1992, pls. 151-52, illustrations in color of another cast David Cohen, Moore in the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris , Woodstock, 1994, no. 22, p. 144; pl. XXI, illustration in color of another cast Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1916-29, Volume 1, London, 1996, p. 206 (dated 1974) David Mitchinson, ed., Celebrating Moore: Works from the Henry Moore Foundation , London, 1998, no. 236, pp. 40 and 59; p. 308, illustration in color of another cast Exh. Cat., Dallas Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henry Moore, Sculpting the 20th Century , 2001-02, no. 96, p. 242, illustration in color of the plaster; p. 311 Miranda Lash, The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art , London, 2012, pp. 120-21, illustration in color of another cast Werner Spies, The Eye and the Word: Between Action Painting et Op Art , vol. VIII, New York and Berlin, 2011, p. 149, illustration in color of the plaster