Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Mother and Child against Open Wall
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Mother and Child against Open Wall
Date1956
Artist
Henry Moore
(British, 1898 - 1986)
Foundry
Fiorini Ltd, London
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 418
Mediabronze
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 21.1 × 27.3 × 18.6 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More InformationEdition summary
Bronze edition of 12+1 artist's copy, cast c.1957-60
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: Sotheby's, London, 7 Dec 1999
cast b: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Sam & Ayala Zacks, 1970
cast c: Christie's, New York, 10 Nov 1999
cast d: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, gift of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation 1988
cast e: private collection
cast f: private collection
cast g: Sotheby's, New York, 2 Nov 2005
cast h: Christie's, New York, 7 May 2014
cast i: Christie's, London, 26 Jun 2017
cast j: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
cast k: Phillips, Hong Kong, 26 Nov 2017
cast l: Christie's, London, 19 Nov 2018
cast m: Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 2021
plaster (fragment of mother figure only), 1956: The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
Bronze edition of 12+1 artist's copy, cast c.1957-60
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: Sotheby's, London, 7 Dec 1999
cast b: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Sam & Ayala Zacks, 1970
cast c: Christie's, New York, 10 Nov 1999
cast d: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, gift of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation 1988
cast e: private collection
cast f: private collection
cast g: Sotheby's, New York, 2 Nov 2005
cast h: Christie's, New York, 7 May 2014
cast i: Christie's, London, 26 Jun 2017
cast j: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
cast k: Phillips, Hong Kong, 26 Nov 2017
cast l: Christie's, London, 19 Nov 2018
cast m: Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 2021
plaster (fragment of mother figure only), 1956: The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
