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Bird

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Bird

Date1955
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 Information
Edition 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.
ExhibitionsPublished References
Bird in Hand
LH 664
1975
Bird
LH 393 cast d
1955
Object: Bird Form
LH 394 cast b
1955
Bird in Hand
LH 664 cast 0
1975
Photography © Tate 2014.  For the supply of this image please contact Tate Images - <a href="ma…
LH 445 cast a
1959
photo: Norton Simon Entities
LH 445 cast d
1959
Bird
LH 7a
c.1922-23
Idea for Bird Table
LH X150
undated
photo: John Hedgecoe
LH 394 plaster
1955
Idea for Bird Table
LH X151
undated
Idea for Bird Table
LH X153
undated