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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Mother and Child

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Mother and Child
Mother and Child
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Date1938
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 186
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 11.4 × 7.8 × 5.9 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
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Edition summary
Lead edition of [1+1], cast 1938
Bronze edition of 9+1 artist's copy, cast 1985
Foundry (bronze edition only): Fiorini Ltd, London

Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
lead cast a: unknown
lead cast b: The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired by exchange 1996 
cast 0 (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
cast 1: Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2004
cast 2: private collection
cast 3: unknown
cast 4: unknown
cast 5: unknown
cast 6: Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
cast 7: private collection
cast 8: unknown
cast 9: Christie's, New York, 5 May 2006

plaster: unknown
plaster cast: The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1992
An additional unstrung plaster cast is known, in the collection of Leeds Museums and Galleries
ExhibitionsPublished References
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186 cast b
1938
Mother and Child
LH 201 cast i
1939 cast 1957
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 201 cast g
1939 cast 1957
Mother and Child
LH 186 cast 0
1938 cast 1985
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186h cast 0
1986
photo: MMFA
LH 201 cast e
1939 cast 1957
Courtesy the Baltimore Museum of Art, photography by Mitro Hood
LH 201 cast c
1939 cast 1957
photo: Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
LH 186 cast 6
1938 cast 1985