HENRY MOORE (BRITISH 1898-1986) MAQUETTE FOR STRAPWORK HEAD, 1950 (LH 289a) Bronze Signed and numbered 7/9 (to the left hand side) Height: 10.2cm (4in.) Conceived in lead in 1950 and cast in bronze in an edition of 9 in 1972.Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, 25 November 1993, lot 55 (acquired directly from the artist by the late owner) Sale, Christie's, London, 23 October 1996, lot 25 Berkeley Square Gallery, London Jean Marsden, Private Collection (acquired from the above in July 1998) Sold by the executors of the estate of Jean Marsden Literature: David Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore: with comments by the artist, London, 1981, pp. 106, 311, no. 203, illustration of another cast Alan Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, p. 31, no. 289a, pls. 34-35, illustration of another cast Susan Compton, Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1988, p. 226, no. 112, illustration of the lead version Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpture from the 40s and 50s, London, Waddington Galleries, 1995, pp. 14-15, no. 5, illustration of the lead version Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: War and Utility, London, Imperial War Museum, 2006, p. 51, no. 22, illustration of another cast