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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 | Family Group | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | ||||
sculpture
15.2 x 10.7 x 7.5 cm (5.98 x 4.21 x 2.95 in)
Bronze with brown patina
Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London. Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection (acquired from the above in 1976). Ever since family-owned.
" series (1944-1949) is considered the first independent realization of this motif in bronze and was showcased in Moore"s first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1946. • This " Family Group " is one of the first works in this important group and is therefore much sought-after. • In its closed form and perfect harmony, it is one of the most compelling versions of the motif. • Moore transfers the traditional family archetype into an intimate, multi-figure scene with a profoundly modern expressiveness. • Two copies of this work are in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, and the Dallas Museum of Art . Accompanied by a photo certificate signed and dated by the artist, Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London, from September 1976. The work is documented at the Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire, with the number LH 230 (cast a). Henry Moore, Tate Gallery, London, July 17 - September 22, 1968, cat. no. 62 (illu., different copy). Mother and Child: the Art of Henry Henry Moore, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, H.empstead (New York), September 10 - November 21, 1987, The Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore, February 16 - April 17, 1988 and others, p. 138, cat. no. 28 (illu. in b/w on p. 53, different copy). Henry Moore. The Human Dimension; Benais Museum, Petrodvorets, June 17 - August 15, 1991, Pushkin Museum, Moscow, September 3 - October 9, 1991, p. 81, cat. no. 56 (illu., different copy). Henry Moore. Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, February 25 - May 27, 2001, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, June 24 - September 16, 2001, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 21, 2001 - January 27, 2002, cat. no. 49 (illu., different copy). Henry Moore. Natur und Figur, Museum Lothar Fischer, Neumarkt i. d. Opf., October 17, 2010 - January 9, 2011.
Herbert Read, Henry Moore. Sculpture and Drawings, vol. 1, London 1949 (3rd edition), no. 70 h (terra-cotta, illu. in black and white). David Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore. Sculpture and Drawings, vol. 1 (1921-1948), London 1957 (4th edition), no. 230 (terra-cotta, illu. in black and white, p. 144). David Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore. Complete Sculpture, vol. 1 (1921-1948), London 1988 (5th edition), no. 230 (with illu. in terracotta). - - Lewis Lapham (ed.), Lapham"s Quarterly, New York, winter 2012, vol. 5, first edition (illu. in color on the cover, different copy). "I found inspiration for the Family Group s in sketching, perhaps because this theme touched me so deeply. It was shortly before our first daughter Mary was born." Henry Moore, quoted from: Henry Moore, Maquetten, Munich 1978, p. 72. Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 18.06 h +/- 20 min.
Henry Moore
Family Group
1944.
Bronze with brown patina.
From an edition of nine copies (plus one artist copy). 15.2 x 10.7 x 7.5 cm (5.9 x 4.2 x 2.9 in).
Cast by Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin"s), London, in 1956.
More works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection are offered in our Contemporary Art Day Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024 and in our Modern Art Day Sale on Saturday, June 8, 2024 - see collection catalog "A Private Collection - Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr".
• Family is a key theme in the artist"s oeuvre.
• The early "
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