Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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Date1948-49
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 269
Mediabronze
Foundry
Fiorini Ltd, London
Foundry
Alexis Rudier Fonderie, Paris
Dimensionsartwork with base (h x l x d): 152 × 113 × 76 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More InformationEdition summary
Bronze edition of 4+1, cast 1948-51, +1, cast c.1985
Foundries: Fiorini Ltd, London (cast 1); Alexis Rudier Fonderie, Paris (casts 2,3,4,0); Morris Singer Foundry Ltd, Basingstoke (cast 00)
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast 0: Norton Simon Art Foundation: Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
cast 00 (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1992
cast 1: The Barclay School, Stevenage
cast 2: Tate: purchased from the artist through the Buchholz Gallery, New York (Grant-in-Aid) 1950
cast 3: The Museum of Modern Art, New York: A. Conger Goodyear Fund 1951
cast 4: Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan: purchased 1979
plaster, 1948-49: presumed destroyed
Remarks
Executed after a maquette, Family Group 1945 (LH 239), and the working model Family Group 1945 (LH 259).
Bronze edition of 4+1, cast 1948-51, +1, cast c.1985
Foundries: Fiorini Ltd, London (cast 1); Alexis Rudier Fonderie, Paris (casts 2,3,4,0); Morris Singer Foundry Ltd, Basingstoke (cast 00)
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast 0: Norton Simon Art Foundation: Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
cast 00 (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1992
cast 1: The Barclay School, Stevenage
cast 2: Tate: purchased from the artist through the Buchholz Gallery, New York (Grant-in-Aid) 1950
cast 3: The Museum of Modern Art, New York: A. Conger Goodyear Fund 1951
cast 4: Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan: purchased 1979
plaster, 1948-49: presumed destroyed
Remarks
Executed after a maquette, Family Group 1945 (LH 239), and the working model Family Group 1945 (LH 259).
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