Henry Moore - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Godard Lefort, Montreal
    Private Collection, Montreal (acquired from the above on 10 December 1968)
    Heffel, Montreal, 25 April 2013, lot 8
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in Southern California, 2 October - 18 November 1973, no. 90, pp. 235, 267 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 235)
    San Diego Museum of Art, The Walbridge Legacy, 9 April - 29 May 1988, p. 62 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 49)
    Hauser & Wirth, Henry Moore, Ideas for Sculpture, 15 October - 14 November 2008 (another example exhibited)
    San Diego Museum of Art, Newman in Context, 29 June - 9 August 2013 (another example exhibited)
    San Diego Museum of Art, American: Art of the 20th Century, 18 January - 26 August 2014 (another example exhibited)
    San Diego Museum of Art, Permanent Collection (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Volume 4: Complete Sculpture 1964-73 , London, 1991, no. 505a, p. 36 (another example illustrated)
    Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Volume 3: Complete Sculpture 1955-64 , London, 2005, no. 505a, p. 36 (another example illustrated)
    John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: Une vision monumentale, Cologne, 2005, no. 471, p. 228 (another example illustrated)

161

Ear Piece

signed, stamped with the Foundry mark and numbered 'Moore 7/9 NOACK BERLIN' lower edge
bronze
16.5 x 12.5 x 9.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Conceived in 1962 and cast by 1968, this work is number 7 from an edition of 9.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠

Sold for £20,160

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Specialist, Associate Director, Head of Day Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 29 June 2022