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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2023 | Mother and Child Against Open Wall | Christie's | London | ||||
sculpture
bronze with a dark brown and black patina
with Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York, in December 1958, and by descent to the present owners.
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in America, October - November 1973, no. 56, another cast exhibited.
New York, Hofstra University Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, September - November 1987, no. 40, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, December 1987 - January 1988; and Baltimore, The Baltimore Art Museum, February - April 1988.
London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 140, another cast exhibited.
St. Petersburg, British Council, Benois Museum, 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, p. 8, pls. 118-119, another cast illustrated.
H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Mother and Child, New York and Toronto, 1966, n.p., pl. 25, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 81, no. 396.
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 359, no. 526.
H.J. Seldis, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore in America, Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, 1973, p. 144, no. 56, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, n.p., no. 418, pl. 52, another cast illustrated.
G. Gelburg (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Mother and Child: The Art of Henry Moore, New York, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University Hempstead, 1987, pp. 62, 138, 142, no. 40, another cast illustrated.
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.
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Mother and Child Against Open Wall
bronze with a dark brown and black patina
11 in. (28 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1956 and cast in an edition of 12, plus an artist"s cast.
