Unseen for decades, this is Moore’s first cast sculpture, depicting his sister Elizabeth Howarth’s new born daughter, Mary. It has remained in the Howarth family ever since.

Mr & Mrs Rowland Howarth, thence by descent
Private Collection, U.K.

David Sylvester (ed.) and Herbert Read, Henry Moore Complete Sculpture 1921-48 vol. 1, London, 1990, no. 35, illustrated p. 7

David Mitchinson with intro. by Peter Osborne, Henry Moore, published by Osborne Samuel, 2015, p. 21