Henry Moore

British · 1898–1986 · Printmaker, Sculptor

Henry Spencer Moore was an English visual artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.… (Wikipedia)

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736lots offered1994–2026years recorded85%sold (580)$1.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Working Model for Draped Reclining Mother and BabyPhillips · May 2018$4,215,000≈ £3,118,757≈ €3,570,521Sign up to see
Family GroupPhillips · Nov 2019$2,480,000≈ £1,931,314≈ €2,255,160Sign up to see
Working Model for Sheep PieceKetterer Kunst · Jun 2024€1,161,200≈ $1,265,476≈ £988,421Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $1.5kfree account

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Lots sold

580

of 683 offered · 1994–2026

Sell-through

85%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

8 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

53 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

3 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	2	2	100%	$1.1kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up
Oil	2	2	100%	$1.1kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up
Works on paper	42	33	79%	$46.3kSign up	$18.7kSign up	$615kSign up
Watercolor	14	9	64%	$129kSign up	$31.3kSign up	$615kSign up
Gouache	5	4	80%	$26.7kSign up	$28kSign up	$32kSign up
Drawing	17	16	94%	$14.5kSign up	$11.6kSign up	$35.7kSign up
Prints & multiples	476	419	88%	$1.7kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$32.8kSign up
Etching	139	114	82%	$2.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$32.8kSign up
Engraving	6	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Aquatint	3	3	100%	$1.3kSign up	$951Sign up	$2.1kSign up
Lithograph	303	280	92%	$1.4kSign up	$1kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	4	4	100%	$3.9kSign up	$4.2kSign up	$6.2kSign up
Print (other)	21	18	86%	$959Sign up	$516Sign up	$5kSign up
Photography	3	3	100%	$1.4kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$2.3kSign up
Photograph	3	3	100%	$1.4kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$2.3kSign up
Sculpture	115	108	94%	$182kSign up	$38.8kSign up	$4.2MSign up
Other	45	15	33%	$7.5kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$51.2kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	60	52	$2.3kSign up
2025	68	61	$1.2kSign up
2024	107	88	$1.2kSign up
2023	47	45	$1.1kSign up
2022	39	34	$1.2kSign up
2021	35	29	$1.2kSign up
2020	33	29	$1.5kSign up
2019	25	17	$869Sign up
2018	46	32	$8.2kSign up
2017	42	36	$3.3kSign up
2016	12	11	$2kSign up
2015	20	15	$3.8kSign up
2014	17	15	$2.3kSign up
2013	12	11	$1.1kSign up
2012	19	10	$1.6kSign up
2011	19	17	$1.5kSign up
2010	17	15	$2.5kSign up
2009	6	6	$13.5kSign up
2008	5	4	$2.3kSign up
2007	11	11	$3.3kSign up
2006	4	4	$1.5kSign up
2005	9	8	$1.2kSign up
2004	14	14	$1.2kSign up
2003	6	6	$1.2kSign up
2002	8	8	$1.2kSign up
2001	1	1	$995Sign up
1994	1	1	—Sign up