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International Art
5th session

October 03 - October 31, 2024

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This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $190,000 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

25473 31-Oct-2024 04:52:27 PM $190,000

The bidding history list updated on: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 11:13:17

LOT 425

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: $200,000 - $300,000 CAD

Sold for: $229,250

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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