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Slow Form: Tortoise

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photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Slow Form: Tortoise
photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London

Slow Form: Tortoise

Date1962
Artist (British, 1898 - 1986)
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 502
Mediabronze
Dimensionsartwork (h x l x d): 10.6 x 20.5 x 10 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More Information
Edition summary
Bronze edition of 9+1 artist's copy, cast 1962-63
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London
 
Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works 
cast 0: Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2001
cast 1: unknown
cast 2: unknown
cast 3: unknown
cast 4: unknown
cast 5: unknown
cast 6: Arts Council Collection, South Bank Centre, London
cast 7: unknown
cast 8: unknown
cast 9: unknown
cast a: David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago: The Joel Starrels, Jr. Memorial Collection

plaster, 1962: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974

Remarks
The known edition size for this work is 9+1 artist’s copy. There is a larger number of casts listed here because, in some instances, it has not yet been possible to reconcile our records with the information supplied about the edition and individual casts. 

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Published References
photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
LH 502 cast 6
1962
photograph © 2018 courtesy of The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chica…
LH 502 cast a
1962
Slow Form: Tortoise
LH 502 plaster
1962
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 502a
1962
Archive image of a representative cast.
LH 502a cast b
1962/68
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 502a cast 00
1962 cast 1968
Photography © Tate 2014.  For the supply of this image please contact Tate Images - <a href="ma…
LH 502a cast 0
1962 cast 1968
Archive image of a representative cast.
LH 502a cast 7
1962/68
Reclining Form
LH X4
undated
photo: Hauser & Wirth
LH 146
1934