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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Lot 309 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Reclining figure: Wedge base

Closed3 February 2016

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GBP 56,250

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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining figure: Wedge base
signed and numbered 'Moore 2/7', stamped with the signature and maker's mark 'Hans Hansen Denmark' and with the hallmark '925 S' (underneath the figure)
sterling silver figure on a carved stone base
Length: 6 1/8 (15.6 cm.) including base
Conceived in 1977 and cast in 1981 by Karl Gustav Hansen, silversmith, in an edition of seven

Bo Boustedt, Stockholm; his collection sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1988, lot 374.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This sculpture is one of a few silver casts of works by Moore that were made by Hans Hansen, Kolding, Denmark. Hans Hansen also made silver editions of two other works by Moore, Seated Figure: Thin Head, 1980 (Bowness 917), and Butterfly, 1981 (Bowness 702). Bronze editions of all three sculptures also exist.