Henry Moore
Reclining Figure, 1945
Bronze
6 1/2 x 16 x 5 in, 16.5 x 40.6 x 12.7 cm
Edition of 7
Provenance
H.D. Molesworth, Buckinghamshire (acquired directly from the artist in 1945)B.G. Cantor, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1971)
Leona Cantor Palmer, Beverly Hills (by descent from above in 1976)
Private Collection, New York (by descent from above in 1999)
Exhibitions
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in Southern California, 2 October – 18 November 1973
Literature
J. J. Sweeney, Henry Moore, New York, 1946, no. 1, p. 82, illus.
D. Sylvester, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1921-48, Vol. I, London, 1957, no. 256, pp. 16 and 161, illus.
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, no. 35, p. 6, illus.
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 349, illus.
H. J. Seldis, Henry Moore in America, Los Angeles, 1973, no. 24, pp. 86 and 265, illus.