Details
Genre: 20th Century British Sculpture
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
Dimensions: length: 9 ½ in. 24.1 cm.
Item measurements:
Width In Centimeters:
24.1
Width In Inches:
9.449
Edition: 9/12
Edition notes: This example cast in an edition of 12 plus 2 artist’s proofs.
Year notes: Conceived in 1960.
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired by 1975) Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 May 1978, lot 86 Fischer Fine Art, London (acquired at the above sale) The Waddington Galleries, London Private Collection Sotheby’s, New York, 19 May 1983, lot 377 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1955-64 , vol. 3, London, 1965, no. 473, pl. 127a, illustration of another cast; p. 29 John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 372, illustration of another cast Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969 , New York, 1970, pl. 584, illustration of another cast; p. 361 Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64 , vol. 3, London, 1986, no. 473, pp. 46-47, illustration of another cast
Catalog summary
A New Vista: The David and Shoshanna Wingate Collection Henry Moore 1898 - 1986 Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 1 inscribed Moore , numbered 9/12 and stamped with the foundry mark H. Noack Berlin (on the base) bronze length: 9 ½ in. 24.1 cm. Conceived in 1960; this example cast in an edition of 12 plus 2 artist’s proofs. This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation. Provenance Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired by 1975) Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 May 1978, lot 86 Fischer Fine Art, London (acquired at the above sale) The Waddington Galleries, London Private Collection Sotheby’s, New York, 19 May 1983, lot 377 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Literature Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1955-64 , vol. 3, London, 1965, no. 473, pl. 127a, illustration of another cast; p. 29 John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 372, illustration of another cast Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969 , New York, 1970, pl. 584, illustration of another cast; p. 361 Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64 , vol. 3, London, 1986, no. 473, pp. 46-47, illustration of another cast