Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure No. 5
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this bronze version cast in 1953
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining Figure No. 5
bronze with brown and green patina
Length: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this bronze version cast in 1953
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Starrels, Chicago.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1960.
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-54, London, 1986, vol. 2, p. 45, no. 333 (another cast illustrated, p. 44).
Chicago, Renaissance Society, Chicago's Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967.
Columbus Museum of Art; Austin, University of Texas Art Gallery; Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Art; Oregon, Portland Art Museum and San Francisco Museum of Art, Henry Moore: The Reclining Figures, October 1984-December 1985.
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