How does Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 elucidate its Sculpture?
Moore's sculpture depicts a female figure in a reclining position. It measures approximately 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long. It is usually displayed mounted on a flat bronze or stone base.
Seven casts of the completed sculpture were made for sale, numbers 1 to 6, plus an artist's cast (0/6). They are currently displayed in the UK, Germany and the US:the Tate Gallery in London (displayed at Glyndebourne) (2/6)
the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at University of East Anglia in Norwich (formerly at Sir Robert Sainsbury's house in Bucklebury)
the Pinakothek der Moderne at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen in Munich
the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart
the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena (0/6)
a private collection.The only cast to remain in private hands (5/6) was sold at Christie's in London in June 2008 for nearly £4.3m, from the estate of J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller, formerly displayed at the Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana.
The German copies are known as Die Liegende (The Recliner) or Die Grosse Liegende (The Large Recliner).
The original plaster model was given to the Henry Moore Sculpture Center at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto in 1974.
J. Irwin Miller Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Glyndebourne University of East Anglia Robert Sainsbury Miller House and Garden Henry Moore Tate Art Gallery of Ontario Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Stuttgart Tate Gallery Norton Simon Museum of Art Columbus, Indiana Xenia Simons Miller Munich Pinakothek der Moderne Norton Simon Museum Staatsgalerie Bucklebury