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Artworks
Henry Moore
Reclining Figure, 1938LeadLength: 5 1/2 in, 14 cmOne of two hand carved in lead. This sculpture was later cast in bronze in an edition of 12Provenance
Charles Medley, London (a gift from the artist c. 1939)
Brook Street Gallery, London (purchased by the father of the present owner)
Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1987, lot 228
Private Collection, Germany (purchased from above)
Literature
D. Sylvester, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings ,1921-48, London, 1957, Vol. I, no. 193, pp. 12 and 116, illus.
H. Read, Henry Moore, London, 1965, no. 103, p. 123, illus of another lead
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 181, p. 71
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 177, pl. 177, p. 345
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