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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 | Mother and Child Against Open Wall | Christie's | London | ||||
| Nov 26, 2017 | Mother and Child against Open Wall | Phillips | Hong Kong | ||||
| Jun 27, 2017 | Mother and Child Against Open Wall | Christie's | London | ||||
| May 7, 2014 | Mother And Child Against Open Wall | Christie's | New York | ||||
| Nov 2, 2005 | Mother and child against open wall | Sotheby's | New York | ||||
| Dec 7, 1999 | Mother and child against open wall | Sotheby's | London | ||||
| Nov 10, 1999 | Mother and child against open wall | Christie's | New York | ||||
sculpture
27.3 x 27.3 cm (10.75 x 10.75 in)
bronze with a dark brown patina
Purchased by Barnett and Sylvia Shine, circa 1960s, and by descent to the present owner in 1978.
Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Mother and Child: the Art of Henry Moore, December 1987 - January 1988, no. 40, another cast exhibited.
London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 140, another cast exhibited.
St. Petersburg, British Council, Benois Museum, Henry Moore: The Human Dimension, June - August 1991, no. 78, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Moscow, Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, September - October 1991.
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, pp. 8, 118, another cast illustrated.
H. Read, Henry Moore, A Study of his Life and Work, London, 1965, p. 219, pl. 203, another cast illustrated.
J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 289, plaster cast illustrated.
R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 359, no. 526, plaster cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, p. 31, no. 418, pls. 51 and 52, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Mother and Child: the Art of Henry Moore, Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1987, pp. 62, 138, 142, no. 40.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Royal Academy, 1988, pp. 105, 240, no. 140, another cast illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: The Human Dimension, St Petersburg, British Council, Benois Museum, 1991, p. 103, no. 78, another cast illustrated.
bronze with a dark brown patina
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1956, and cast in an edition of twelve, plus an artist's cast.
