Sunday, March 24, 2013

Art world shivers at sale of Henry Moore statue

This undated photo made available on Friday March 22, 2013 by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park shows the Henry Moore "Draped Seated Woman" statue, on loan to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park by the London borough of Tower Hamlets, in Wakefield, England. The cash-strapped London borough of Tower Hamlets, one of the poorest communities in Britain, plans to sell the statue, estimated to be worth as much as 20 million pounds ($30 million). (AP Photo/Jonty Wilde, Yorkshire Sculpture Park) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LONDON (AP) — The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as "Draped Seated Woman," a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters during the Blitz.








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