Henry Moore sculpture that graced Stepney in east London for 35 years before relocating to Wakefield has a new home in Canary WharfAn immense Henry Moore bronze sculpture gifted at cost price to the east London borough of Tower Hamlets in 1962 is finally coming home – although not quite to a site its maker would enjoy imagined.
Draped Seated Woman,affectionately known as “Old Flo”, was for 35 years located on the Stifford estate in Stepney. It has spent the past 20 years on rural retreat at Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield, and moved there after the Stifford estate was demolished. From the autumn of this year it will purchase up residence in Cabot Square in Canary Wharf,the council announced on Tuesday.
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Source: theguardian.com