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Henry Moore "Reclining Figure" Bronze Sculpture
Estimate:
$60,000 - $80,000
Sold
$75,000
Live Auction
Important Fine Art & Design Auction, October 20
Description
Henry Moore (English, 1898-1986) "Reclining Figure" Verdigris Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1983, on an ebonized wood plinth, signed "Moore" and numbered edition "5/9" to side of base, LH 905, Rex Irwin Art Dealer label to underside. Overall: 6" H x 7.25" W x 4.25" D. Provenance: James Kirkman, London, England. Rex Irwin, Syndney, Australia. Private Collection, Sydney. Private Collection, Australia. Christie's, London, 1 July 1999, lot 699. Private Collection, UK. Purchased from Crane Kalman Gallery, Ltd., London, England, 8 February 2017. From an Upper East Side Townhouse. Literature: John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision, The Sculpture of Henry Moore, Stewart Tabori & Chan, London, 1998, another cast illustrated, no. 768, p. 250. Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol. 6, Lund Humphries, London, revised 1999, another cast illustrated, no. 905, pl. 131 and 132, p. 60. Exhibitions: Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia, Henry Moore: A Tribute, 1990, no. 12. Keywords: British School, Statue, Nude woman, Odalisque, Abstract, Figural, Figurative, Modernist, Modernism, Modern Art, Contemporary Art