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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Say cheese, the Moore altar wins.

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Say cheese, the Moore altar wins.
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Bib. Number0012294

Say cheese, the Moore altar wins.

Author/EditorLOW Valentine.
Place PublishedLondon
Year
Date & Collation(17 Feb)..(2 illus).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationThe Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved unanimously agreed that Circular Altar, 1972 Roman travertine marble may stay in St. Stephen Walbrook. There is no objection to the altar on theological grounds. Though it is an artefact of great weight it is nevertheless capable in law of being a holy table". Front page story captioned Moore's Altar Stays.
Reported in nearly 100 newspapers worldwide on 18 February 1987 and following few days in A.P. or Reuters stories mostly with a photograph of Chad Varah with the sculpture."