Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Wall Relief: Maquette No. 2
signed 'Moore' (on the right edge)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 17 5/8 in. (43 cm.)
Length: 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1955
Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. Phung, Vancouver.
Masterworks Fine Art, Inc., Oakland, California.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010.
Literature
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1955-64, London, 1965, vol. 3, p. 18, no. 366 (another cast illustrated).
Lot Essay
The present work is one of several maquettes related to the façade of the Bouwcentrum in Rotterdam, commissioned by architect Joost Willemsen Cornelis Boks.