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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure
signed and numbered 'Moore 2 / 4' (on the back of the figure)
polished bronze
Length: 12 1⁄4 in. (31.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this example cast in 1985
Provenance
Raymond Spencer Company Ltd., Much Hadham.
Acquired from the above on 31 December 1985 by the late owners, and thence by descent.
Literature
J.J. Sweeney, ed., Henry Moore exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, no. 42, p. 90 (the lead cast illustrated p. 49).
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore London, 1960, no. 26, p. 6 (another cast illustrated n.p.).
D. Hall, Henry Moore The Life and Work of Great Sculptor, London, 1966, pp. 88-89 (the lead cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, Henry Moore Paris, 1968, no. 180, p. 71 (the lead cast illustrated pl. 77).
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 176, n.p. (the lead cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Mostra di Henry Moore Sculture e disegni, Fort Belvedere, Florence, 1972, no. 36, p. 60 (the lead cast illustrated p. 125).
Exh. cat., Henry Moore Sculptures et dessins, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1977, no. 32, pp. 70 & 158-159 (the lead cast illustrated).
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 125, p. 75 (the lead cast illustrated).
S. Compton, Henry Moore exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1988, no. 36, pp. 81 & 187-188 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 81 & 187).
Exh. cat., Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 1989, no. 4, n.p. (another cast illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore Complete Sculpture, vol. I, Sculpture 1921-48, London, 1990, no. 192, p. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 114).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore Complete Sculpture, vol. VI, Sculpture 1980-86, London, 1999, no. 192a, p. 30 (another cast illustrated).
D. Kosinski, Henry Moore Sculpting the 20th Century, exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2001, no. 39, pp. 135, 290 & 309 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 135 & 290; another cast illustrated in situ p. 177).
Exh. cat., Henry Moore Rétrospective, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, 2002, no. 64, p. 245 (the lead cast illustrated p. 97).
Exh. cat., Moore at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2007, p. 20 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 20-21).
C. Stephens, ed., Henry Moore exh. cat., Tate Britain, London, 2010, no. 83, pp. 156 & 212 (the lead cast illustrated p. 156).
Exh. cat., Moore at Hatfield, Hatfield House, Hatfield, 2011, p. 74 (another cast illustrated in situ).
O. Kornhoff, ed., Henry Moore Vision. Creation. Obsession., exh. cat., Arp Museum, Remagen, 2017, no. 99, p. 183 (another cast illustrated p. 50).
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