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Henry Moore: Animals in the Zoo

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Henry Moore: Animals in the Zoo
Henry Moore: Animals in the Zoo
Henry Moore: Animals in the Zoo

Henry Moore: Animals in the Zoo

Date1983
ClassificationsPortfolio Summary
Credit Lineportfolio summary - see individual publications for ownership
Object numberPOR 61
DescriptionHenry Moore/Animals in the Zoo/Raymond Spencer Company Ltd/1983

Published as an album in deluxe and standard editions with a text in English by Lord Zuckerman OM, illustrated with two small etchings CGM 632 and 633 and a third etching CGM 631 on the title page, none of which is signed by hand. The standard edition contains ten etchings CGM 634-643; the deluxe edition contains two additional etchings CGM 644 and 645.

533 x 437mm: 10 unnumbered pages in five sheets of Arches within a leaf of cream Somerset paper, with the etchings also on Arches 533 x 457mm, each in a leaf of cream Somerset paper, contained in a brown silk-covered box with the title blocked in black on the front and spine.

p.[1] title, CGM 631
p.[2] blank
p.[3] text, CGM 632
p.[4] blank
p.[5] text, CGM 633
p.[6] blank
p.[7] contents
p.[8] blank
p.[9] edition, number, signature
p.[10] blank
pls. I-X CGM 634-643
pls. A and B CGM 644 and 645

The edition of 80 copies, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered in pencil on p.[9], comprises:
25 copies of the deluxe edition numbered 1 to 15 and I to X with CGM 634-643 numbered 1/65 to 15/65 and I/XV to X/XV plus CGM 644 and 645 numbered 1/15 to 15/15 and I/X to X/X
55 copies of the standard edition numbered 16 to 65 and XI to XV with CGM 634-643 numbered 16/65 to 65/65 and XI/XV to XV/XV
All the prints are signed in pencil by the artist, marked with their plate number or letter and embossed with the printer's blind stamp.

Designed by David Mitchinson, Much Hadham.
Text set in Baskerville and printed at the Royal College of Art, London.
CGM 631-645 printed by JC Editions, London.
The boxes were made by Davall and Chown Ltd, London.




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