Sketch-Model for Reclining Figure
1946
Sculptor, British, 1898 - 1986
Artwork overview
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Medium
terracotta
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Credit Line
Given in memory of Frederick Zimmermann by his wife, Dorothy Zimmermann
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Dimensions
overall: 8.3 x 16.8 x 7.2 cm (3 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1985.18.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired 1947 by (Buchholz Gallery, New York [later Curt Valentin Gallery, New York]); acquired 11 August 1955 by Frederick Zimmermann [1906-1967], New York;[1] by inheritance to his wife, Dorothy Zimmermann [d. 1989], New York; gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] During the liquidation sale of the dealer Curt Valentin's gallery and personal collection, Mr. Zimmermann exchanged, in return for the maquette, Henry Moore's colored drawing titled Sketch for Reclining Figures. The maquette was on consignment to the New York dealer Harold Diamond from January to April 1967, when it was returned to Mr. Zimmermann, who died in August of that year. (See documents from the donor, in NGA curatorial files.)
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2001
Henry Moore, Dallas Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002, no. 51a, not in cat. (shown only in Washington).
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 155, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q19759270