Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) - Family Group

Family Group

bronze sculpture with green patina
13.7 cms x 6.7 cms x 10.46 cms (5.39 ins x 2.64 ins x 5.39 ins)
Signed and dated 1944
sculpted in 1944
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "International Art (5th session)" held on Thu, Oct 31, 2024.
Lot 425
Estimate: CAD $200,000 - $300,000
Realised: CAD $229,250

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal

Acquired from the above by an Important Collection, Montreal, circa 1953

By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver

Exhibitions:
Tate Gallery, London, Henry Moore, July 17 - September 22, 1968, another cast

Kunstätte Bossard, Von Renoir bis Moore: Kleinplastiken aus der Nationalgalerie Berlin an der Kunststätte Bossard, June 25 - October 24, 2010, another cast
Notes:
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation, catalogued as LH 227, cast g. It was conceived in 1944 and cast in 1945, and is from an edition of 7 + 1 cast by Gaskin.

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Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Family Group by artist Henry Spencer Moore