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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 24, 2021 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session | 121 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Working Model for Animal Form |
sculpture
38.4 x 64.5 x 21.9 cm (15.13 x 25.38 x 8.63 in)
bronze with a green patina
Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo (acquired directly from the artist in 1985)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Wildenstein Tokyo, Henry Moore: Graphic and Sculpture, April 25-May 31, 1975, no. 9, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Maquettes and Working Models , November 22, 1987-date unknown, no. 40, p. 23 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 16)
Venice, Giorgio Cini Foundation, Henry Moore: sculpture, drawings, etchings, tapestries, August 26-November 26, 1995, no. 111, p. 193 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Bremen, Gerhard Marcks-Haus; Berlin, Georg-Kolbe-Museum; Heilbronn, Städtischen Museen, Henry Moore-Animals, October 12, 1997-August 23, 1998, p. 202, (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 48)
Saffron Walden Museum; Hertford Museum; Harlow, Gibberd Gallery, Henry Moore Sheep, September 12, 2009-October 30, 2010 (another example illustrated)
David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture: with comments by the artist, New York, 1981, no. 491, p. 314 (another example illustrated, p. 226)
Walter J. Strachan, Henry Moore: Animals, London, 1983, no. 94-95, p. 102 (another example illustrated, p. 108)
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Volume 4, Complete Sculpture, 1964-73, London, 1991, no. 615, p. 58 (another example illustrated, pp. 59, 160-161)
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore , Toronto, 1998, no. 546, p. 234 (another example illustrated)
incised with the artist's signature and number "Moore 3/9" lower center edge
bronze with a green patina
15 1/8 x 25 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (38.4 x 64.5 x 21.9 cm)
Executed in 1969-1971, this work is number 3 from an edition of 9 plus 1 artist's proof.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation. Other examples from this edition are housed in the permanent collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (8/9) and the Henry Moore Foundation (AP 1).
