Henry Moore O.M., C.H., (British, 1898-1986)

Sculptural Form 20.4 cm. (8 in.) high (including base)

Sculptural Form
signed and numbered 'Moore 2/9' (on the base)
bronze with a green patina
20.4 cm. (8 in.) high (including base)
Conceived in 1962

Provenance
With Marlborough Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above, and thence by descent to
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Their sale; Bonhams, London, 18 November 2015, lot 82, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Literature
Alan Bowness, Henry Moore; Sculpture and Drawings Volume 3, Sculpture 1955-64, Lund Humphries, London, 1986, cat.no.505b (ill.b&w, another cast)
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision, The Sculpture of Henry Moore, Collins & Brown, London, 1998, pp.228-229, cat.no.472 (coll.ill., another cast)

As has been noted by Roger Berthoud, the period 1962 to 1965, to which Sculptural Form belongs, was an incredibly productive one for Henry Moore. In particular, these years saw a variety of conceptions which had in mind contemporary architectural settings, coming as they did, off the back of the celebrated Unesco Reclining Figure which was completed in 1958. As such 'these works have a toughness, a muscularity seen only fleetingly since the 1930s. They are very masculine'. (Roger Berthoud, The Life of Henry Moore, Faber and Faber, London, 2003, p.342).