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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2025 | Mother and Child on Ladderback Chair | Sotheby's | New York | ||||
sculpture
38.4 cm (15.13 in)
bronze
The Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on 19 January 1954)
Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Henry Moore, 1954, no. 3, n.p., illustration of another cast
Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, New York, 1960, p. 114, illustration of another cast
Herbert Read, Henry Moore, vol. II, Sculpture and Drawings 1949-1954, London, 1965, no. 313, pp. xxvi; pl. 43, illustration of another cast
Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969 , London, 1971, no. 431, n.p., illustration of another cast; p. 356
David Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 223, p. 114, detail illustration of another cast; p. 311
Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, 1983, p. 81, illustration of another cast; p. 123
Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54 , vol. 2, London, 1986, no. 313, p. 39, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore, 1988, no. 124, p. 231, illustration of another cast
Saint-Paul-de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore rétrospective , 2002, no. 115. p. 144, illustration in color of another cast; p. 248
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Britain, Henry Moore, 2010, no. 125, p. 186, illustration in color of another cast
Property of an Important New York Collection
Henry Moore
(1898 - 1986)
Mother and Child on Ladderback Chair
bronze
height: 15 ⅛ in. 38.5 cm.
Conceived in 1952 and cast by 1954 in an edition of seven plus one artist"s proof.
