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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Small Maquette No. 2 for Reclining Figure
signed and numbered 'Moore 7/9' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a green and brown patina on a black painted wooden base
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) long, including the base
Conceived in 1950 and cast in 1965 by Fiorini, London in an edition of nine plus one artist's cast.
Provenance
Acquired by David and Laura Finn circa 1970s-1980s, and by descent.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1965, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore Paris, 1968, p. 76, no. 277, another cast.
Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture, Waddington Galleries, London, 1973, n,p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sculptures et dessins, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1977, p. 166, no.
59, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2 , London, 1986, pp. 32-33, no. 292b, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Sketch-models and Working-models, Mead Gallery, Coventry, 1990,
n.p., no. 12, fig. 1, another cast illustrated.
J. Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore London, 1998, p. 214, no. 275, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore In The Light of Greece, Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros, 2000, n.p, no. 8, another cast illustrated.
A. Dyer (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore War and Utility, Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, 2001, p. 208, no. 209, another cast illustrated.
A. Feldman (ed.), Henry Moore Textiles, Aldershot, 2008, pp. 108-109, another cast exhibited.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore July - August 1965, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Chicago, University of Chicago, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore December 1967, no. 108, another cast exhibited.
London, Waddington Galleries, Sculpture, July - August 1973, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited. Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore Sculptures et dessins, May - August 1977, no. 59, another cast exhibited.
Coventry, Mead Gallery, Henry Moore Sketch-models and Working-models, May - June 1990, no. 12, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Huddersfield, Art Gallery, June - August 1990; Wrexham, Library Arts Centre, August - October 1990; Bristol, Museum & Art Gallery, October - November 1990; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, December 1990 - January 1991; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Musem, January - March 1991; and Stirling, Stirling Smith Art Gallery, March - April 1991.
Andros, Museum of Contemporary Art, Henry Moore In The Light of Greece, June - September 2000, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
Perry Green, The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore War and Utility, 2001, no. 209, another cast exhibited.
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