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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2016 | Helmet Head No. 2 | Christie's | London | ||||
| Nov 4, 2015 | Helmet head no. 2; The interior element | Bonhams | New York | ||||
| Dec 2, 1986 | Helmet head No 2 | Sotheby's | London | ||||
sculpture
34 cm (13.39 in)
bronze with a dark brown patina
with G. Blair Laing, Toronto, where purchased by the present owner, April 1964.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculptures et Dessins, May - August 1977, no. 52, another cast exhibited.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 115, another cast exhibited.
Dallas, City Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 54, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, June - September 2001; and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, October 2001 - January 2002.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculptures et Dessins, Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, 1977, p. 165, no. 52, another cast illustrated.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: with comments by the artist, London, 1981, no. 209, another cast.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture: 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, pp. 28-29, no. 281, pls. 25-27, another cast illustrated.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1988, p. 227, no. 115, another cast illustrated.
H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, London, 1999, p. 197, another cast illustrated.
D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, City Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 50, 187, no. 54, another cast illustrated.
C. Lichtenstern, Henry Moore: Work - Theory - Impact, London, 2008, pp. 286-288, no. 317, another cast illustrated.
bronze with a dark brown patina
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high, excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1950 and cast in 1955 in an edition of 9.
