Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Maquette for Animal Head
Maquette for Animal Head
Edition summary
Bronze edition of 9+1 artist's copy, cast 1956
Foundry: Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin's)
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cast a: Zoological Society, London
cast b: Christie's, New York, 30 May 1997
cast c: Sotheby's, New York, 19 Feb 1997
cast d: Sotheby's, London 6 Nov 1997
cast e (artist's copy): unknown
cast f: unknown
cast g: unknown
cast h: unknown
cast i: unknown
cast j: unknown
plaster, 1956: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
Remarks
A number of casts of this work were offered from 1961 as Zoological Society Awards. The Prince Philip Prize was awarded to a pupil of zoology, on the basis of an account of some practical work in the field of animal ecology.