Sheep/etchings by/Henry Moore/Gérald Cramer Geneva/1975

Published as an album in deluxe and standard editions containing a text in English by the artist and twelve etchings CGM 196, 197, 199-201, 226-232, with CGM 225 on the cover. The deluxe edition has four additional etchings CGM 198, 233-235.

305 x 387mm: 16 unnumbered pages in 4 leaves and twelve etchings on Rives, unbound within thin card covered with vellum, with CGM 225 on the front and back, contained in a light brown cloth-covered Solander box 330 x 410mm with a vellum label bearing the title mounted on the front. The deluxe edition has CGM 198, 233-235 printed on Japon ancien contained in a vellum folder 423 x 485mm with the title printed in black on the front in a similar Solander box 440 x 500mm.

pp.[1,2] blank

p.[3] title

p.[4] imprint

p.[5] edition, printed number, signature

p.[6] blank

pp.[7-11] text

p.[12] blank

p.[13] details of printing

p.[14] blank

p.[15] index of etchings

p.[16] blank

Pl.I CGM 226

Pl.II CGM 196

Pl.III CGM 197

Pl.IV CGM 199

Pl.V CGM 227

Pl.VI CGM 201

Pl.VII CGM 228

Pl.VIII CGM 229

Pl.IX CGM 230

Pl.X CGM 200

Pl.XI CGM 231

Pl.XII CGM 232

Pl.A CGM 198

Pl.B CGM 233

Pl.C CGM 234

Pl.D CGM 235

The edition of 95 copies, signed in pen by the artist on p.[5], comprises:

22 copies of the deluxe edition numbered 1 to 15 and I to VII with CGM 196, 197, 199 to 201, 226 to 232 numbered 1/80 to 15/80 and I/XV to VII/XV, and CGM 198, 233 to 235 numbered 1/15 to 15/15 and I/VII to VII/VII

73 copies of the standard edition numbered 16 to 80 and VIII to XV with CGM 196, 197, 199 to 201, 226 to 232 numbered 16/80 to 80/80 and VIII/XV to XV/XV

All the etchings are signed in pencil by the artist and marked with their plate number or letter.

Designed by Gérald Cramer, Geneva.

Text set in Bodoni and printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris.

CGM 196 to 201, 225 to 235 were printed by Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris.

The Solander boxes were made by Bernard Duval, Paris.