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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Object: Bird Form

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Object: Bird Form
Object: Bird Form
Object: Bird Form

Object: Bird Form

Date1955
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 394
Mediabronze
Dimensionsartwork with base (h x l x d): 9.9 × 13.8 × 8.3 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
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Edition summary
Bronze edition, cast c.1955
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
Note: Although intended as an edition of 9+1 artist’s copy, our records suggest that not all casts in the edition were made.

Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast a: Sotheby's, New York, 3 Nov 2005
cast b (artist's copy): The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of Irina Moore 1977

plaster, 1955: presumed destroyed
ExhibitionsPublished References
Object: Bird Form
LH 394 cast b
1955
photo: John Hedgecoe
LH 394 plaster
1955
Bird Form II
LH 624
1973
Bird Form I
LH 623
1973
Square Forms and Lyre Birds Sketchbook
SKB 25
1936,c.1938,1942,1972
Square Form Lyre Birds
HMF 1286
1936, 1942, 1972
Bird
LH 393
1955
Bird in Hand
LH 664
1975
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LH 445
1959
Bird
LH 39
1927
Stringed Object
LH 187
1938