About This Artwork

Henry Spencer Moore
English, 1898-1986

Maquette for UNESCO Reclining Figure, 1957

Bronze, cast in 1957, from an edition of five plus one
139.7 x 238.8 x 121.9 cm (55 x 94 x 48 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold H. Maremont, 1960.9

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, “Henry Moore: The Reclining Figures,” 1 October 198431 December 1985 (traveled to University of Texas Art Gallery, Austin; Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City; Portland Art Museum, Oregon: San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Publication History

Bowness, vol.3, p. 24, no 415

J. Russell, Henry Moore, London, 1968, p. 169

Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Maremont, Chicago, by 1959, given by them to the Art Institute, 1960.