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King and Queen (LH 350) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, designed in 1952.  It depicts two figures, one male and one female, seated beside each other on a bench, both facing slightly to the left.  It is Moore's only sculpture depicting a single pair of adult figures.  Moore's records suggest it was originally known as Two Seated Figures.
Ten bronze casts of the 27 centimetres (11 in) high maquette were cast in 1952.  Five bronze casts of the 164 centimetres (65 in) high full-size sculpture were made in 1953, with one further cast in 1957 and another in the 1980s, creating an edition of "5 +2" (five for sale, and two artist's copies).  Examples are held by the Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Glenkiln Sculpture Park, (now removed from public view), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Norton Simon Museum, Tate Gallery, MOA Museum of Art, and the Henry Moore Foundation.
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