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Three Motives Against Wall

Artist Henry Spencer Moore (English, 1898 - 1986)
Date1959
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 18 5/8 × 43 × 15 3/8 inches (47.32 × 109.22 × 39.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/21
Signedtop right of base: "Moore"
Edition/State/Proofed. of 10
On View
Not on view
Collections
Provenance

George Ablah (1929-2014), Wichita, KS, by 1986 [1];

Purchased from Ablah by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 1986-1999 [2];

The Hall Family Foundation’s gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1999.

NOTES:

[1] George Ablah was a real estate developer, philanthropist and art collector.

[2] This object was on loan from the Hall Family Foundation to the Nelson-Atkins from 1986.

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