Henry Moore's Auction Record Increases by 6%

3 min read · 05 Mar 2026

King and Queen. Image courtesy of Christie's

Henry Moore, King and Queen (1952) sold for $35.13m (£26.34m), more than two and a half times the low estimate at Christie's in London on March 5.

The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $2.02m, a 6% rise.

The bronze with a dark green and brown patina work was acquired directly from the artist and had not been traded before.

Conceived in 1952-53 and cast the same years by the Galizia Foundry, London, in an edition of four plus one artist's cast. Two subsequent bronzes cast for the collections of the Tate in 1957 and the Henry Moore Foundation in 1985.

Reclining Figure: Festival (1951). Sold for $33.1m in 2016. Image courtesy of Christie's

Reclining Figure: Festival (1951). Sold for $30.34m in 2012. Image courtesy of Christie's

Draped Reclining Woman (1957). Sold for $8.47m in 2008. Image courtesy of Christie's

Three-piece reclining figure: draped (Undated). Sold for $7.5m in 2004. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Three piece reclining figure draped (1975). Sold for $5.5m in 2003. Image courtesy of Christie's

Working Model for UNESCO Reclining Figure (1957). Sold for $3.7m in 1990. Image courtesy of Christie's

Reclining figure (Undated). Sold for $1.85m in 1988. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Reclining Figure: Festival (1951). Sold for $1.6m in 1986. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Reclining Figure: Festival (1951). Sold for $33.1m in 2016. Image courtesy of Christie's

The previous record was set by Reclining Figure: Festival (1951), which sold for $33.1m at Christie's on June 30, 2016. The work had not been traded before.

Sale Date	Title	Price	Record Increase	Venue	City
March 05, 2026	King and Queen	$35.13m	6 %	Christie's	London
June 30, 2016	Reclining Figure: Festival	$33.1m	9 %	Christie's	London
February 07, 2012	Reclining Figure: Festival	$30.34m	258 %	Christie's	London
June 24, 2008	Draped Reclining Woman	$8.47m	13 %	Christie's	London
November 04, 2004	Three-piece reclining figure: draped	$7.5m	36 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 04, 2003	Three piece reclining figure draped	$5.5m	49 %	Christie's	New York
May 15, 1990	Working Model for UNESCO Reclining Figure	$3.7m	100 %	Christie's	New York
November 11, 1988	Reclining figure	$1.85m	16 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 18, 1986	Reclining Figure: Festival	$1.6m	78 %	Sotheby's	New York
May 14, 1986	Seated woman	$900,000	6 %	Christie's	New York
May 13, 1986	Two piece reclining figure no.2	$850,000	42 %	Sotheby's	New York
May 15, 1984	Reclining figure	$600,000	94 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 17, 1983	Family group	$310,000	195 %	Sotheby's	New York
November 16, 1983	Two piece sculpture No.7 - pipe	$105,000	79 %	Sotheby's	New York
December 01, 1982	Draped figure in shelter	$58,600	8 %	Sotheby's	London
November 20, 1974	Mother and child	$54,500	67 %	Sotheby's	London
July 14, 1971	Mother and Child	$32,700	-	Sotheby's	London

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