HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Seated Figure, 1949
Bronze, edition of 5
Signed 'Moore' and numbered 'II', on the back of the base;
numbered again 'II' on the underside of the base
43.5 x 24 x 24.7 cm (17 ⅛ x 9 ½ x 9 ¾ in)
Cast by Gaskin
Five of these sculptures were presented annually as awards
by The British Film Academy between 1948 and 1967.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore
Foundation research enquiry 2024.105
Provenance
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London
(commissioned from the artist)
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., New York
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above,
March 2002)
Osborne Samuel, London
Literature
H. Read, intro., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings since
1948, London, 1955, vol. II (another cast illustrated, pl. 3)
J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 176, no. 2
(another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 76, no. 255
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969,
London, 1970, p. 354, no. 392 (another cast illustrated, p. 186)
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, p.
311, no. 197 (another cast illustrated, p. 104)
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-
1954, London, 1986, vol. 2, p. 26, no. 271 (another cast
illustrated, p. 27 and pl. 12)
J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: A Monumental Vision, London,
1998, p. 212, no. 258 (another cast illustrated, p. 213)
Lower extension, Kettle's Yard with Henry Moore, Sculptural Object, 1960.
Photograph Mark Dalton, 2025. © Courtesy of Kettle's Yard.
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