Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Recumbent Figure
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Recumbent Figure
Date1938
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 184
Mediabronze / lead
Dimensionsartwork with base (h x l x d): 13 × 14 × 7.5 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More InformationEdition summary
Lead edition of 3, cast 1938
First bronze edition of 9+1 artist's copy, cast before 1948
Second bronze edition of 10+1 artist's copy, cast 1957-58
Foundry for first bronze edition: not recorded
Foundry for second bronze edition: Fiorini Ltd, London
Note: all editions are unnumbered, and no attempt has been made to ascribe a bronze cast to the first or second edition
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
lead cast a: Sotheby’s, New York, 5 Nov 1981
lead cast b: unknown
lead cast c: unknown
cast d: private collection
cast e: Christie’s, London, 26 Jun 2015
cast f: Bonhams, London, 22 Nov 2022
cast g: Sotheby’s, London, 1 Apr 1981
cast h: private collection
cast i: Christie's, New York, 12 Nov 2018
cast j: unknown
cast k: Sotheby’s, London, 23 Jun 2010
cast l: Sotheby’s, New York, 6 May 2010
cast m: private collection
cast n: The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired in memory of Margaret McLeod OBE in 2007
cast o: unknown
cast p: Museum Ludwig, Cologne
cast q: McNay Art Museum: Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection
cast r: unknown
cast s: Christie’s, New York, 13 Nov 1985
cast t: private collection
cast u: private collection
cast v: private collection
cast w: unknown
cast x: unknown
white clay, 1938: private collection
Remarks
This maquette is the 'sketch model' for the much larger Recumbent Figure 1938 in green Hornton stone, originally commissioned by Serge Chermayeff, currently in the collection of Tate, London.
Lead edition of 3, cast 1938
First bronze edition of 9+1 artist's copy, cast before 1948
Second bronze edition of 10+1 artist's copy, cast 1957-58
Foundry for first bronze edition: not recorded
Foundry for second bronze edition: Fiorini Ltd, London
Note: all editions are unnumbered, and no attempt has been made to ascribe a bronze cast to the first or second edition
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
lead cast a: Sotheby’s, New York, 5 Nov 1981
lead cast b: unknown
lead cast c: unknown
cast d: private collection
cast e: Christie’s, London, 26 Jun 2015
cast f: Bonhams, London, 22 Nov 2022
cast g: Sotheby’s, London, 1 Apr 1981
cast h: private collection
cast i: Christie's, New York, 12 Nov 2018
cast j: unknown
cast k: Sotheby’s, London, 23 Jun 2010
cast l: Sotheby’s, New York, 6 May 2010
cast m: private collection
cast n: The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired in memory of Margaret McLeod OBE in 2007
cast o: unknown
cast p: Museum Ludwig, Cologne
cast q: McNay Art Museum: Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection
cast r: unknown
cast s: Christie’s, New York, 13 Nov 1985
cast t: private collection
cast u: private collection
cast v: private collection
cast w: unknown
cast x: unknown
white clay, 1938: private collection
Remarks
This maquette is the 'sketch model' for the much larger Recumbent Figure 1938 in green Hornton stone, originally commissioned by Serge Chermayeff, currently in the collection of Tate, London.