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Warrior with Shield

Warrior with Shield, 1952/1953

  • Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986

Bronze

  • Overall: 7 1/4 inches × 3 1/2 × 4 inches (18.4 × 8.9 × 10.2 cm) Including base: 8 1/4 × 4 × 4 1/2 inches (21 × 10.2 × 11.4 cm)

Gift of Robert H. Tannahill

69.301

Department

European Modern Art to 1950

Details

Formerly in the collection of: Peter Josteh, New York

The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 126, 127, 131 (ill.). Bostick, William A. Robert Hudson Tannahill Memorial Exhibition. Exh. cat., Grosse Pointe War Memorial. Grosse Pointe Shores, 1978, p. 23. Harth, Marjorie Leslie. "Robert Hudson Tannahill (1893–1969): Patron and Collector." Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1985, pp. 145, 268, pl. 99. Message 1995: Masterpieces of Modern Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts and Toyota Municipal Museum of Art. Toyota, 1995, pp. 126–127 (ill.), 216, cat. 48.

Henry Moore, Warrior with Shield, 1952/1953, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 69.301.

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