Henry Moore 1898-1986
Mother and Child on Ladderback Rocking Chair Rocking Chair, 1952
bronze with a brown and green patina
height 20.3 cm (8 inches)
14909
Conceived in 1952 and cast in an edition of 9, plus artist’s castthis cast, cast by Gaskin’s Art Bronze Foundry between 1952 and 1954.
Conceived in 1952 and cast in an edition of 9, plus artist’s castthis cast, cast by Gaskin’s Art Bronze Foundry between 1952 and 1954.
Provenance
Private Collection, CaliforniaAcquired by the previous late owner, circa 1980Exhibitions
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, no. 23,another cast exhibited.Madrid, British Council, Palacio de Velázquez, Henry Moore: Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics: 1921-1981, May - July 1981, no. 200, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Lisbon, Calouste GulbenkianFoundation, September - November 1981; and Barcelona, Fundació Juan Miró, December 1981 - January 1982.London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, no. 123, another cast exhibited.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, London, 1955, n.p., no. 42, another cas tillustrated.A. Bowness and H. Read, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1949-1954, Vol. 2, London, 1965, p. xxvi, no.312, pl. 42, another cast illustrated.
J. Hedgecoe (ed.), Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 178, fig. 1, another cast illustrated.
P. James, Henry Moore on Sculpture, London, 1968, pp. 10, 140, pl. 45, another cast illustrated.
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 77, no. 293.
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 356, no. 429, another castillustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, London, Lefevre Gallery, 1972, pp. 6, 52-53, no. 23, another cast illustrated.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, pp. 114, 311, no. 222, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpture, Drawings and Graphics: 1921-1981, Madrid, British Council,Palacio de Velázquez, 1981, pp. 33, 35, no. 200, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, p. 39, no. 312, another cast illustrated.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, London, Royal Academy, 1988, p. 231, no. 123, another cast illustrated.
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