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Madonna and Child
Details
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Madonna and Child
signed and dated 'MOORE/43' (on the back of the bench)
bronze with a dark green patina
7 1⁄4 in. (18.4 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1943 and cast in an edition of 7.
Madonna and Child
signed and dated 'MOORE/43' (on the back of the bench)
bronze with a dark green patina
7 1⁄4 in. (18.4 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1943 and cast in an edition of 7.
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner’s father by the 1990s, and by descent.
Literature
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 73, no. 209, terracotta version.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1972, n.p., no. 49, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, pp. 13, 138, no. 222, terracotta version illustrated.
D. Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore, London, 1998, pp. 207-209, pl. 142, another cast illustrated.
D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, Museum of Art, 2001, p. 172, no. 48, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1972, n.p., no. 49, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. 1, London, 1988, pp. 13, 138, no. 222, terracotta version illustrated.
D. Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore, London, 1998, pp. 207-209, pl. 142, another cast illustrated.
D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, Museum of Art, 2001, p. 172, no. 48, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Henry Moore, May - September 1972, no. 49, another cast exhibited.
Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 48, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, June - September 2001; and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, October - January 2002.
Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 48, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, June - September 2001; and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, October - January 2002.
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