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Reclining Figure

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Reclining Figure
Reclining Figure
Reclining Figure

Reclining Figure

Date1938
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 193
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 6.7 × 12.7 × 4 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
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Edition summary
Lead edition of 2, cast 1938
First bronze edition, size not recorded, cast c.1945
Second bronze edition of 7+1 artist's copy, cast c.1969
Primary: terracotta or white clay, 1938
Foundry (first bronze edition): not recorded
Foundry (second bronze edition): Bildgiesserei Hermann Noack, Berlin

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: Sotheby's, London, 2 Dec 1987

First bronze edition
cast c: Christie's, London, 30 Jun 1987
cast d: Christie's, New York, 12 Nov 2018
cast e: Bonhams, London, 16 Mar 2004
cast f: unknown
cast g: Christie's, London, 21 Jun 2016
cast h: Christie's, London, 28 Feb 2018
cast i: private collection
cast j: Christie's, Paris, 30 Jun 2021

Second bronze edition 
cast 1: Sotheby's, London, 22 Jun 2017
cast 2: Sotheby's, London, 26 Jun 2008
cast 3: private collection
cast 7: Sotheby's, New York, Nov 1998
cast a: Sotheby's, London, 30 Nov 1988
cast b: private collection
cast k: Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1997

Remarks
Not all casts are marked with a number and in some instances it has not yet been possible to reconcile our records with the information supplied about an edition and specific casts. Where it is unknown, or where casts are unnumbered, they have been assigned a letter as a unique catalogue reference.
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