Henry Moore - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Eric Estorick, London
    Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1959

  • Exhibited

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in Southern California, October 2 - November 18, 1973, no. 57 (present lot exhibited)
    Los Angeles, Wight Art Gallery, University of California, In the Sculptor’s Landscape: Celebrating Twenty-five Years of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, March 22 - May 9, 1993, no. 59 (present lot exhibited)

  • Literature

    John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, no. 6, p. 151 (another example illustrated)
    Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 1955-1964, vol. 3, London, 1986, no. 411, p. 25 (another example illustrated)
    John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: A Monumental Vision, London, 2005, no. 380, p. 222 (another example illustrated)

The Modern Form: Property from the Collection of Betty and Stanley Sheinbaum

Ο181

Draped Reclining Figure

bronze with brown patina, on wood base
sculpture 3 x 6 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.6 x 15.6 x 5.7 cm.)
base 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (1.9 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm.)
overall 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (9.5 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm.)

Executed in 1956, this work is from an edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs.

This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $93,750

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2017