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Reclining Figure
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 7½ in. (19.1 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1945
Reclining Figure
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 7½ in. (19.1 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1945
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Starrels, Chicago (by 1959).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1960.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1960.
Literature
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, fig. 349 (another cast illustrated)
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1921-48, London, 1988, vol. 1, p. 16, no. 251 (with incorrect dimensions).
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1921-48, London, 1988, vol. 1, p. 16, no. 251 (with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
The Arts Club of Chicago, Henry Moore, December 1959-January 1960, no. 12.
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967, no. 48 (titled Reclining Nude Form).
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967, no. 48 (titled Reclining Nude Form).
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