Lot 7 · Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale
Mother and Child: Block Seat
Henry Moore · bronze with a brown/green patina
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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,464,556–$2,196,834
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale, London · 20 June 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4018113
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Henry Moore, Mother and Child: Block Seat. Christie's, 20 Jun 2016, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4018113.
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From the same sale Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale · Jun 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Group | Henry Moore | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Figure Studies | Henry Moore | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Still Life on Black Table I (Landscape Still Life) | William Scott R.a. | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Seated Figure no. 1 | William Scott R.a. | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Feb 8-49 still-life (stone) | Ben Nicholson O.m. | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Trio (Tendon Transplant) | Dame Barbara Hepworth | £100,000–£150,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Moore | Henry Moore 亨利・摩爾 | Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop | $2,636,001 | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | |
| Henry Moore | Mother and Child with Apple | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Henry Moore | Seated Woman: Thin Neck | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Henry Moore | Working Model for Reclining Figure: Hand | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Henry Moore | Falling Warrior | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Henry Moore | working model for reclining figure: angles | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Henry Moore | two piece reclining figure no. 4 | Sotheby's, Nov 2007 | ||
| Henry Moore | Working Model for Draped Seated Woman: Figure on Steps | Christie's, Jun 2005 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.