inscribed Moore and numbered 4/9, bronze, light brown patina, executed in 1982 and cast in an edition of eight , This bid was somewhat disappointing as this work carried an estimate of between US $ 2 and 2,5 million. The subject of reclining figure was one of Moore's chief preoccupations throughout his long career. Other casts of this model are in the collections of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. |