Inv. n°: CL40

Two Heads: Mother and Child

Carved in 1923. Unique. Modernism, Direct Carving.

h. 19 cm

1923

Serpentine marble

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Provenance

  • The artist’s private collection, and by descent, where purchased by the present owner
  • Christie's, London, 2012
  • Acquired at Christie'sn Private sales, London, 2016, lot 10 (unsold)

Publications

  • Complete Sculpture, Henry Moore - Sculpture 1928-48, Lund Humphries, London, 1920, vol. 1
  • Warren Gallery, Henry Moore, London, 1928, n.p., no. 27, as ‘Two Heads’
  • Musée de l’Orangerie, Henry Moore, Sculpture et Dessins, Paris, 1977, p. 151, no. 1, illustrated
  • D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture: with Comments by the Artist, Barcelona, 1981, p. 25, no. 2, illustrated
  • Palacio Velázquez Y Palacio de Cristal, Retiro Park, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics 1921-1981, Madrid, 1981, p. 25, 308, no. 181, pl. 2.
  • D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1921-48, London, 1990, vol. 1, no. 13
  • T. Trimm, Henry Moore Intime, Didier Imbert Fine Arts, Editions du Regard, 1992, p. 85, illustrated
  • Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore: Rétrospective, 2002, pp. 40 and 241, no. 4, illustrated
  • Fundación La Caixa, Henry Moore, Barcelona, 2006, pp. 58 and 201, illustrated, not numbered
  • D. Mitchinson, and al., The Home of Henry and Irina Moore, Aldershot, 2009, p. 10, no. 4
  • Castle Museum, Moore/Hepworth/Nicholson: A Nest of Gentle Artists, Norwich, 2009, p. 10, no. 4
  • Z. Tregulova et al, Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture, Accompanying Publication to Kremlin Exhibition, February 2012, n.p.n, no. 3, illustrated
  • Hauser & Wirth, "Two Heads: Mother and Child", Ideas for Sculpture, London, 2008, p. 121-123, no. 51, illustrated: LH13

Exhibitions

  • Warren Gallery, London, UK
  • Henry Moore, Sculptures et Dessins, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France, May 1977 — August 1977
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore, Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics 1921-1981, British Council, Palacio Velázquez Y Palacio de Cristal, Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain, May 1981 — August 1981
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore, Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics 1921-1981, Calouste Gulbekian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1981 — November 1981
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore, Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics 1921-1981, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, December 1981 — January 1982
  • Henry Moore, Japan/Hong Kong
  • Henry Moore Intime, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, France, April 1992 — July 1992
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore Intime, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, September 1992 — November 1992
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore Intime, Municipal Museum of Art, Kytakyushu, Japan, November 1992 — January 1993
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore Intime, City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan, April 1993 — May 1993
  • Traveling exhibition: Henry Moore Intime, Prefectural Museum of Art, Oita, Japan, June 1993 — August 1993
  • Henry Moore: Rétrospective, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, July 2002 — November 2002
  • Henry Moore, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, July 2006 — October 2006
  • Henry Moore - Ideas for Sculpture, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK, October 2008 — November 2008
  • Traveling exhibition: Moore /Hepworth /Nicholson: A Nest of Gentle Artists, Castle Museum, Norwich, UK, January 2009 — April 2009
  • Traveling exhibition: Moore /Hepworth /Nicholson: A Nest of Gentle Artists, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, UK, May 2009 — August 2009
  • Henry Moore - Ideas for Sculpture, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture, Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia, 22nd February 2012 — 10th May 2012
  • Henry Moore, The Shape of Things, Christie’s London, London, UK, 15th March 2019 — 12th April 2019

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