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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Henry Moore, Mother and Child, 1956 (cast 1965)
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Henry Moore, Mother and Child, 1956 (cast 1965)
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Henry Moore

Mother and Child, 1956 (cast 1965)
Bronze
Height 17 cm
Height 6 3/4 in
Edition of 6 + 1
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Henry Moore, Sheep Drawing, 1972
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Henry Moore, Sheep Drawing, 1972
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Henry Moore, Sheep Drawing, 1972
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Henry Moore, Sheep Drawing, 1972
Mother and Child is a small-scale bronze depicting the definitive subject of Henry Moore’s career. The eponymous figures are entwined in an intimate embrace. The bronze is cast in a...
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Mother and Child is a small-scale bronze depicting the definitive subject of Henry Moore’s career. The eponymous figures are entwined in an intimate embrace. The bronze is cast in a single unit and the figures are locked together. The smooth, rounded sides of the work suggest that the model began as a single, egg-like enclosure, from which sections were successively removed and the shape of the figures gradually elaborated. The heads of both the mother and child are typically schematic for Moore’s mature work, with staring round eyeholes, and they are reduced in proportion to the bodies. Despite the homely, humane quality of Moore’s theme, the sculpture has formality and strong material values. The rounded wooden base gives the whole a totemic quality. The compact size of Mother and Child, along with its refined patina of wood and metal, make it a rarefied work of sculpture that descends from the tradition of small-scale Renaissance bronzes, once kept in the connoisseur’s studiolo or cabinet and intended for inspection at close quarters with both the eyes and the hands.
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Provenance

Galleria L'Isola, Rome
Pandolfini Casa d'Aste, Milan, 14 June 2011, lot 342
Goodman Fine Art, London
Private Collection

Literature

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture. Volume 3, 1955-64, Henry Moore Foundation with Lund Humphries, 1986, cat. no. 409a, pp. 28-29 (illus.)
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