CH FBA OM
1898 - 1986
British
Family Group
bronze sculpture with green patina
signed and dated 1944
5 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/8 in, 13.7 x 6.7 x 10.5 cm
Estimate: $500,000 - $700,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Acquired from the above by an Important Collection, Montreal, circa 1953
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
LITERATURE
Will Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, 1960, page 8, another cast reproduced plate 120
Herbert Read, Henry Moore: A Study of His Life and Work, 1965, the terra cotta sketch-model reproduced page 157, plate 135 and listed page 274
John Hedgecoe, editor, Henry Moore, 1968, pages 162 - 163, another cast reproduced
David Sylvester, editor, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, Volume 1, 1921 - 48, 1969, the terra cotta sketch-model reproduced page 143, plate 227 and listed page 14
Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921 - 1969, 1970, the stone version reproduced page 148, plate 316
Von Renoir bis Moore: Kleinplastiken aus der Nationalgalerie Berlin an der Kunststätte Bossard, Kunstätte Bossard, 2010, another cast reproduced
EXHIBITED
Tate Gallery, London, Henry Moore, July 17 - September 22, 1968, another cast
Kunstätte Bossard, Von Renoir bis Moore: Kleinplastiken aus der Nationalgalerie Berlin an der Kunststätte Bossard, June 25 - October 24, 2010, another cast
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation, catalogued as LH 227, cast g. It was conceived in 1944 and cast in 1945, and is from an edition of 7 + 1 cast by Gaskin.
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