Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Elephant Skull
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Elephant Skull
Datenot known
Artwork TypeFound Objects (unworked)
Catalogue NumberFO 45
Dimensionsartwork: 84 × 64 × 68 cm
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationRay Ryan, owner of the Mount Kenya Club, gave the elephant skull to Julian and Juliette Huxley in the early 1960s. The Huxley's kept the skull in their Hampstead garden, on a rotating table, for about two years. Moore saw the skull in 1965. In 1966, Juliette decided to give the skull to Henry. Moore who described it as “the most impressive item in my ‘library’ of natural forms.”
Exhibitions
Published ReferencesPO 1970.01
December 1970 to February 1971
PO 1971.02
24 March 1971 to 26 April 1971