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Smooth Head
Details
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Smooth Head
signed and numbered 'Moore 8/9' (on the back of the base)
bronze with a gold brown patina
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high, excluding black base
Conceived in 1978.
Smooth Head
signed and numbered 'Moore 8/9' (on the back of the base)
bronze with a gold brown patina
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high, excluding black base
Conceived in 1978.
Provenance
with Fontana Gallery, Pennsylvania, March 1982, where purchased by the present owners.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1974-80, Vol. 5, London, 1983, p. 42, no. 760, another cast illustrated.
Special Notice
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