HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Seated Woman with Crossed Feet

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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Seated Woman with Crossed Feet
signed and numbered 'Moore 5⁄6' (on the reverse of the bench)
bronze with brown patina
height: 7 1⁄2 in. (19.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1957 and cast in 1965 in an edition of six plus one

The Leicester Galleries (Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd.), London.
Acquired from the above on 3 June 1965 by the late owners, and thence by descent.

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 412, p. 82.
R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 554, p. 249 (another cast illustrated).
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 287, p. 140 (another cast illustrated).
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and drawings, vol. 3, Sculpture 1955-64, London, 1986, no. 432, p. 35 (another cast illustrated).

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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Seated Woman with Crossed Feet

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