Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1938

Henry Moore British, 1898-1986

Reclining Figure, 1938

lead

6.7 x 12.7 x 4 cm

conceived and cast in 1938 as cast b in an edition of 2

This sculpture was later cast in bronze in an edition of 12

This work is registered in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation

Charles Medley, London (gifted by the artist c. 1939)

Brook Street Gallery, London (after c. 1968)

Private Collection (purchased at the above and thence by descent)

Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1987, lot 228

Private Collection, Germany (purchased from the above)

D. Sylvester, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1921-48, Vol. I, London, 1957, no. 193, pp. 12 and 116

H. Read, Henry Moore, London, 1965, no. 103, p. 123

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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