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Lot Description

Henry Moore

(British, 1989-1986)

Mother and Child

, 1929

bronze; cast in 1967

inscribed Moore and numbered 1/6

Height: 4 inches.

Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, New York

Literature:
David Sylvester, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1921-48, London, 1957, vol. I, no. 70
Ionel Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 59, illustration of the stone version pl. 5
John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, A Monumental Vision, Cologne, 2005, no. 59, illustration of the stone version p. 198

Condition Report

There is surface dust, most concentrated in the recessed areas; an isolated area of white discoloration to the patina under the child's elbow and above the mother's wrist; otherwise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition.

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