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Hand Relief No. 2
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Hand Relief No. 2
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.)
Length: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.)
Width: 13¼ in. (33.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1955; this bronze version cast in 1963
Hand Relief No. 2
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.)
Length: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.)
Width: 13¼ in. (33.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1955; this bronze version cast in 1963
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Starrels, Chicago (by 1960).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1960.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1960.
Literature
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1949-54, London, 1986, vol. 2, p. 51, no. 355 (another cast illustrated, p. 50; with incorrect date and measurements).
Exhibited
The Arts Club of Chicago, Henry Moore, December 1959-January 1960, no. 26 (titled Hands).
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967.
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967.
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