About the Artwork
The Northampton Madonna
1943
Henry Moore
1898-1986
English
Unknown
Paint, plaster
Overall: 5 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (14.9 × 6.4 × 7.3 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.200
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Sylvester, David. Henry Moore, sculptures and drawings 1921–1948. London, 1957, p. 138 (ill.).
The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 124, 127, 133 (ill.).
Harth, Marjorie Leslie. "Robert Hudson Tannahill (1893–1969): Patron and Collector." Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1985, pp. 145, 267, pl. 98 (ill.).
Gelburd, Gail, ed. Mother and Child: the Art of Henry Moore. Exh. cat., Hofstra Museum. Hempstead, 1987, pp. 49, 138, 141, no. 25 (ill.).
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Henry Moore, The Northampton Madonna, 1943, paint, plaster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.200.
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