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Materials:

bronze with a brown patina

Size Notes:

long, excluding wooden base

Edition:

ed. of 7 + 1 artist's cast

Description:

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Exhibited:

New York, Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, Henry Moore, March 1951, no. 10, another cast exhibited. Florence, Forte Belvedere, Henry Moore, May - September 1972, no. 35, another cast exhibited, as 'Maquette for Reclining Figure'. Ohio, Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, Henry Moore: The Reclining Figure, October - December 1984, no. 10, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Austin, University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, January - February 1985; Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Art, March - May 1985; Portland, Portland Art Museum, June - July 1985; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, August - October 1985. London, Marlborough Fine Art, A Tribute to Henry Moore 1898-1986, May - June 1987, no. 23, another cast exhibited. London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 35, another cast exhibited, as 'Maquette for Reclining Figure'. Coventry, Coventry Mead Gallery, University of Warwick Arts Centre, Henry Moore: Sketch Models and Working Models, May - June 1990, no. 3, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Huddersfield, Huddersfield Art Gallery, June - August 1990; Wrexham, Wrexham Library Arts Centre, August - October 1990; Bristol, City Museum & Art Gallery, October - November 1990; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, December 1990 - January 1991; Exeter, Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum, January - March 1991; and Stirling, Stirling Smith Art Gallery, March - April 1991.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, New York, Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, 1951, p. 6, no. 10, another cast illustrated. D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, Sculpture 1921-48, Vol. I, London, 1957, p. 11, no. 185. W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, no. 25, another cast illustrated. I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 172. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, Florence, Forte Belvedere, 1972, n.p., no. 35, another cast illustrated, as 'Maquette for Reclining Figure'. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: The Reclining Figure, Ohio, Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, 1984, p. 37, no. 10, another cast illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, A Tribute to Henry Moore 1898-1986, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1987, pp. 15, 46, no. 23, another cast illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Royal Academy, 1988, p. 10, no. 35, another cast illustrated, as 'Maquette for Reclining Figure'. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sketch Models and Working Models, London, South Bank Centre, 1990, n.p., no. 3, fig. 3, another cast illustrated.

Provenance:

with Leicester Galleries, London. with Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London. I.A. and Cecile Mann Victor, 1976. Private collection, London, by whom acquired in November 2000.