Live Auction 21951Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Lot 165

HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Seated Woman: Shell Skirt

Closed19 October 2023

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GBP 30,240

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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Seated Woman: Shell Skirt
signed and numbered 'Moore 3⁄12' (at the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a marble base
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1960 and cast by Hermann Noack, Berlin.

A gift from the artist to Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Bavaria, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Moore gifted the present work to Hans-Heinrich Hewarth von Bittenfeld, an esteemed German diplomat who was patriotic and strongly opposed the Nazi regime. Hewarth von Bittenfeld passed information to the Allies in the lead-up to and during the Second World War, and from 1955 was the first post-war German ambassador in London.