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Reclining Figure: Festival by Henry Moore

Henry Moore

Reclining Figure: Festival, 1951

Bronze with dark brown patina
Sculpture
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (07 Feb 2012)
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Past Sales
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Feb 7, 2012
Christie'sLondonImpressionist / Modern Evening Sale23
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Reclining Figure: Festival
Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

244.5 cm (96.26 in)

Materials

bronze with dark brown patina

Provenance

Private collection, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1953. Mr and Mrs H. Gates Lloyd, Philadelphia;

sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 May 1994, lot 35.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

New York, Storm King Art Centre, 1983. Philadelphia, College of Art, on extended loan, 1983-1991.

Literature

W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, pp. 44-45 (another cast illustrated). J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, London, 1968, p. 197 (another cast illustrated). R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, New York, 1969 (another cast illustrated figs. 415-416). D. Finn, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Environment, London, 1977, pp. 282-287 (another cast illustrated). D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, p. 117 (another cast illustrated pl. 232). A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, vol. 2, 1949-1954, London, 1986, no. 293, p. 32 (another cast illustrated p. 33 & pls. 46-53). A. Wilkinson, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Toronto, 1987, pp. 134-137 (plaster version illustrated). S. Compton, Henry Moore, New York, 1988, p. 230 (another cast illustrated). D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore, Martigny, 1989, no. 3, p. 36 (another cast illustrated).