Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Bird
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Bird
Date1955
Foundry
Fiorini Ltd, London
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 393
Mediabronze
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 7.4 × 14.6 × 8 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More InformationEdition summary
Bronze edition of 12+1 artist's copy, cast 1955-61
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: unknown
cast b: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Sam and Ayala Zacks, 1970
cast c: unknown
cast d (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of Irina Moore 1977
cast e: Sotheby's, London, 19-20 Nov 2019
cast f: Christie's, New York, 9 May 2013
cast g: unknown
cast h: unknown
cast i: unknown
cast j: unknown
cast k: unknown
cast l: unknown
cast m: unknown
plaster, 1955: unknown
Remarks
Seven casts of this work were awarded by the Zoological Society, London, as the Thomas Henry Huxley Award, presented annually from April 1962. The award was presented to a post-graduate research student in a university in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for outstanding original work in zoology submitted as a doctoral thesis.
Bronze edition of 12+1 artist's copy, cast 1955-61
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: unknown
cast b: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Sam and Ayala Zacks, 1970
cast c: unknown
cast d (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of Irina Moore 1977
cast e: Sotheby's, London, 19-20 Nov 2019
cast f: Christie's, New York, 9 May 2013
cast g: unknown
cast h: unknown
cast i: unknown
cast j: unknown
cast k: unknown
cast l: unknown
cast m: unknown
plaster, 1955: unknown
Remarks
Seven casts of this work were awarded by the Zoological Society, London, as the Thomas Henry Huxley Award, presented annually from April 1962. The award was presented to a post-graduate research student in a university in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for outstanding original work in zoology submitted as a doctoral thesis.