Henry Moore 1898-1986
Woman, 1961
Bronze
7 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in
18 x 17.2 x 10.5 cm
18 x 17.2 x 10.5 cm
Edition 6 of 9
Signed Moore and numbered 6/9
Although completed in 1961 this piece is reminiscent of Moore’s abstract sculptures of the female body that took shape during the 1930s – where almost all of his work alludes...
Although completed in 1961 this piece is reminiscent of Moore’s abstract sculptures of the female body that took shape during the 1930s – where almost all of his work alludes to the female figure, and at which point he was influenced by the Surrealists.
Moore’s works are on display in
public collections including Tate Britain, London; The Hepworth Wakefield,
Wakefield; Peggy Gugenheim Collection, Venice; Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds; Henry
Moore Institute, Leeds; MoMA, New York; Getty Centre, Los Angeles.
Provenance
Private collection, UKLiterature
Catalogue Raisonne, no. 488. Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, vol.3. Sculpture 1955-64 (London: London Humphries, 1965), p. 109. (another cast)Henry Moore (London: Tate Gallery, 1968). another cast