Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Taking Shape: 20th Century Sculpture from the Bloch Family Collection - to be included n the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale in London 22 June 2017
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Bib. Number0023531
Taking Shape: 20th Century Sculpture from the Bloch Family Collection - to be included n the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale in London 22 June 2017
PublisherSotheby's
Place PublishedLondon
Year2017
Date & Collation56pp.Illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationThe presentation of works for sale in the Bloch family collection includes five Moore sculptures, lots: 104, 107, 112, 115, 122 all presented with provenance, literature and full page images. The introduction to the collection references Moore in the context of 20th century art generally and this collection specifically, with an image on the first page of Moore's Reclining Figure 1957 (LH 413). Lot 104 is Moore's Reclining Figure 1938, polished bronze (LH 193) cast 1968-69. Preceding lot 107, Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 208), there is a double page black and white image of Moore in a studio overlaid with a quote from Moore 'A sculpture is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds'. Moore's Reclining Figure 1957 (LH 413) is presented as lot 112 with a quote from Moore 'Sculpture is like a journey. You have a different view as you return. The three-dimensional view is full of surprise in a way that a two-dimensional world could never be'. Moore's Maquette for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae 1968 (LH 578) is presented as lot 115 with a quote from Moore 'This is perhaps what makes me interested in bones as much as flesh because the bone is the inner structure of all living forms. It's the bone that pushes out from inside and it's there that the movement and the energy come from'. Lot 122 is Moore's Madonna and Child 1943 (LH 221).