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Publisher: Appeal for Amnesty in Spain
Place Published: London
Year: 1961
Date & Collation: 16pp(1 Moore illus).Introduction by Michael AYRTON.
Description: Booklet, published from 46B Pembridge Road London W11, of works for auction at Bonhams on 12 October 1961 and exhibited at Montpellier Galleries 7-11 Oct 1961. The auction was to raise money to strengthen the campaign for Amnesty in Spain. (Twenty years after the Spanish civil war thousands of Spaniards were still in prison or in exile).
Moore's name is on a list of sponsors of the Appeal for Amnesty in Spain. A bronze Reclining Figure appears on the front cover, and also listed is Two figures signed facsimile (given by Mr. Sonnenberg)".
The Henry Moore Foundation also acquired in 1994 another pamphlet published by Appeal for Amnesty in Spain in 1962 and entitled "Amnesty for Spanish Political Prisoners and Exiles" with Moore's name on a list of sponsors."