Henry Moore - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 8, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
    Sotheby's, London, 24 October 2005, lot 103
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Cambridge, Arts Council Gallery, Sculpture in the home: fourth exhibition, 15 November - 6 December 1958, no. 28

  • Literature

    John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1998, no. 367, pp. 220, 256 (another example illustrated, p. 220)
    Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 1955-1964, London, 2005, vol. 3, no. 400a, pp. 26-27 (another example illustrated, p. 26 and pls. 20-21)

172

Standing Mother and Child: Holes

bronze
22 cm (8 5/8 in.)
23 x 9.5 x 7 cm (9 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Conceived in 1955, this work is from an edition of 10.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024