Vox pops: Tower Hamlets Council to sell Henry Moore sculpture

East London Lines, November 2012

Henry Moore’s sculpture Draped Seated Woman was bought by Tower Hamlets Council in 1960 for just £6000. It came with the condition that it would be displayed in a socially deprived part of the borough. With the piece, also known as ‘Old Flo’,  now valued at £20million, Mayor Lutfur Rahman recently discussed the possibility of cashing in. East London Lines went to Tower Hamlets to find out what people who live and work in the area think of the Council’s plans to sell the bronze.

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