Tower Hamlets Council in London has decided to go ahead with the controversial sale of Henry Moore sculpture, Draped Seated Woman. A council spokesperson said the "tough decision" was made due to "the massive government cuts we are facing". Moore sold the sculpture, currently worth millions, to the council in the 1960s for less than the market value. He had intended the artwork, currently on loan to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, to stay on display in the borough. It was one of several that British artist Moore, who died in 1986, had sited in new towns and housing estates that were built following bomb damage from World War II....
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