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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

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Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
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Bib. Number0023821

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

PublisherSotheby's
Place PublishedLondon
Year
Date & Collation24 June, 293pp.
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Group of sales named 'Figure and Form: Works from an Important Private Collection".

Lot 32.  Two Women and Child, 1948 (HMF 2500) illust. and accompanying text. Text discusses Moore's preoccupation with the Mother and Child theme, as well as the influence of African art in the stylised heads of the women. Includes comparative image of Leonardo Da Vinci work, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, circa 1499-1500.
Lot 34. Falling Warrior, 1956-57 (LH 405, cast 2) illust. and accompanying text. Text discusses Moore's Greek influence in this sculpture, and includes comparative images of a Dying Warrior sculpture from the temple of Aphaia on Aegina, as well as Warrior with Shield, 1953-54 (LH 360).
Lot 35. Madonna and Child, 1945 (LH 225, cast f) illust. and accompanying text. Includes comparative image of Madonna and Child at St Matthew's Church, Northampton (LH 226).