Remo Brindisi, Milan
Thence by descent to the present owner

Sir Alan Bowness, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, 1949-54, London, 1955, vol II, no. 277, illustration of another cast p. 28
Josep Iglesias del Marquet, Henry Moore y el Inquietante Infinito, Barcelona, 1979, illustration in colour of another cast p. 35 
David Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, illustration of another cast p. 105
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision. The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, ꦜ1998, no. 263, illustration of another cast p. 213

Dark brown patina. Apart from a 0.5cm hairline, stable crack to the left side of the back of the sitter, this work is in good condition.
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