Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
the Tuttleman Collection
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Bib. Number0023529
the Tuttleman Collection
PublisherChristie's
Place PublishedNew York and London
Year2017
Date & Collation111pp.Illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationA glossy brochure of the items in the Tuttleman Collection that are in Christie's sales in 2017. Two of Moore's works Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) and Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820), are for sale at the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 15 May 2017 and the Day Sale on 16 May 2017, in New York, and one, Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440), is for sale at the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale on 26 June 2017 in London. Page 50 shows a full page image of Moore in one of his studios working on a model dated circa 1965 with an overlaid quote from Moore on the subject of sculpture in the open air and in lansdscape. Page 51 shows full page image of Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440). Page 52 has a number of Moore's works shown in a display cabinet along with other artists work at the Tuttleman's residence, Philadelphia. Page 53 shows an image of Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820), together with quotes from Moore, including 'A sculpture is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds' and discussion on Moore and the motif of the reclining figure. There are references to being 'true to material', the influence of Leon Underwood, John D. Morse's Henry Moore Comes to America magazine of Art 1947 and to Roger Fry's essays in Vision and Design. An image of Moore's Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) is draped over pages 54 and 55 as a lot for sale with provenance and literature cited together with discussion on the enduring importance of reclining female figure to Moore's work including reference to Chacmool and Moore's first sighting of it in the Trocadéro, Paris in 1922. Page 56 shows an image of Moore's Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820) as a lot for sale with literature citations. Page 91 has image of Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440) as a lot for sale. There is passing reference to Moore on page 11 and an image of part of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) on page 12 and another full image of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) on page 31, both in the residential setting of the Tuttlemans' collection.