HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure

Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a black-painted wooden base
4 7⁄8 in. (12 cm.) long, excluding base
Conceived circa 1936-37 and cast in 1959 in an edtion of 6.
Provenance
Purchased at the November 1972 exhibition by the present owner's father, and by descent.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 8-9, no. 1, illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Vol 6, London, 1999, p. 28, no. 175a, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 1.
Special Notice
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