Council to sell £20m Moore statue

October 4 2012

Image of Council to sell £20m Moore statue

Picture: East London Advertiser

Tower Hamlets council is planning to sell a Henry Moore sculpture, Draped Seated Woman. Acquired for £6,000 in 1960, it is currently stored at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (above, which the East London Advertiser refers to simply as 'a field in Yorkshire') for fear of vandalism. More details here