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0012298
Sheep may safely graze.
Publisher: Eastern Daily Press
Place Published: Norwich
Year: 1987
Date & Collation: (5 March)..(1 illus).
Description: Note on In Irina's Garden (See 0000078) with a photograph of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze.
0002811
The truth about Henry Moore's sheep.
Author/Editor: HOGG James.
Publisher: Letchworth and Baldock Citizen
Place Published: Letchworth
Year: 1978
Date & Collation: (27 July)..(1 illus).
Description: Chatty note by television personality on figurative aspects of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze.
0015174
Moore's Sheep may go abroad.
Publisher: Guardian
Place Published: London
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (13 Nov)..(1 illus).
Description: Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze was sold yesterday by C & J Clark of Street, Somerset for an undisclosed sum. The sculpture is due to be removed by crane on Sunday for an undisclosed destination thought to be the United States".
The same feature appeared in the Shropshire Star (Telford) 14 Nov 1992.
See also 0015184."
0003394
Allis has the sky, needs earth for Sheep Piece.
Author/Editor: BUTLER Robert W.
Publisher: Kansas City Times
Place Published: Kansas City
Year: 1976
Date & Collation: (17 April)..(3 illus).
Description: Henry Moore is photographed with his daughter Mary on a tour of the Barney Allis Plaza, favoured as the site for Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze, if some environmental alterations could be undertaken.
0003398
City decides to put Sheep Piece on grounds at Nelson Gallery.
Publisher: Kansas City Times
Place Published: Kansas City
Year: 1976
Date & Collation: (8 May)..
Description: Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze is to be set up on the grounds of Nelson Art Gallery according to a resolution adopted by the City Council. The work was donated to the City under the will of N. Clyde Degginger. Henry Moore has visited Kansas City and preferred a site on Barney Allis Plaza, except for the distracting presence of a fountain and ventilation structure.
0003388
Lammasko muka luonnoton aihe. (A sheep: an unnatural subject?).
Author/Editor: VALKONEN Markku.
Publisher: Helsingin Sanomat
Place Published: Helsinki
Year: 1976
Date & Collation: (28 March)..(2 illus).Text in Finnish.
Description: Review column including Henry Moore prints at Oljemark (See 0003336). Compares Moore's animal subjects with those of Miina Åkkijyrkkä. Includes quotes from Moore on nature and discusses Sheep etchings and Stonehenge series.
0003380
Sheep still without a pasture.
Author/Editor: HOFFMANN Donald.
Publisher: Kansas City Star
Place Published: Kansas City
Year: 1976
Date & Collation: (2 Jan)..(1 illus).
Description: Conflicting views on the siting of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze, a gift to the City from the estate of N. Clyde Degginger. The work is stored in a warehouse while Barney Allis Plaza is discussed as a setting.
0003924
Sheep and stones.
Author/Editor: OVERY Paul.
Publisher: The Times
Place Published: London
Year: 1974
Date & Collation: (20 Nov)..(1 illus).
Description: Includes brief note on Fischer print exhibition (See 0003816), and comparison between Henry Moore and work of young and conceptual artists.
0003704
Sheep Piece still without site.
Publisher: Kansas City Times
Place Published: Kansas City
Year: 1975
Date & Collation: (25 Oct)..(1 illus).
Description: DUNNING Brian. Sculptor likes Swope Park.
DVORAK John A. City favors Gallery, Allis.
Two features setting out Moore's preference for Swope Park site for Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze, and the arguments favouring Barney Allis Plaza.
0003645
Schafsgesicht mit Vogelaugen: der Stuttgarter streit um Henry Moore Liegende will nicht enden. (Sheep's face with bird's eyes: the Stuttgart battle over Henry Moore's Reclining Figure will not stop).
Author/Editor: BISCHOFF Jörg.
Publisher: Die Zeit
Place Published: Hamburg
Year: 1975
Date & Collation: (20 June)..Text in German.
Description: Amusing outline of the chequered history of Stuttgart's Draped Reclining Woman, 1957-1958 bronze, incorporating quotations from pious Swabian citizens, who moved the work to its present inconspicuous site. It is obviously going to be some while yet before the big-headed and the small-headed come to terms.""
0014123
Henry Moore: aus dem Album Schafe. (Henry Moore: from the Sheep album).
Publisher: Neue Ruhr Zeitung
Place Published: Essen
Year: 1988
Date & Collation: (15 Aug)..(1 illus).Text in German.
Description: Photograph, with caption announcing the touring print exhibition (See 0000181).
0009914
Sheep Piece needs a site.
Publisher: Kansas City Star
Place Published: Kansas City
Year: 1975
Date & Collation: (15 Aug)..
Description: Kansas City is far from a concensus on where Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze should be located.
0013010
Henry Moore: drawn to sheep.
Author/Editor: ANDREAE Christopher.
Publisher: Christian Science Monitor
Place Published: Boston
Year: 1988
Date & Collation: (1-7 Feb)..(1 illus).
Description: This sheep's head emerges from the unfathomable cocoon of its fleece like a sculpted form appearing out of the unshaped roughness of its marble block... It is easy to see how perfectly this subject suited him." Illustrates Head 1974 etching and drypoint on exhibition in The Henry Moore Remembered exhibition (See 0000052)."
0010153
Moore at the sheep farm.
Author/Editor: MARSH Pamela.
Publisher: Christian Science Monitor
Place Published: Boston
Year: 1981
Date & Collation: (25 March)..
Description: 14-line book review of Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook (See 0002132): a book only for those who are willing to linger lovingly over picture after picture after picture of sheep and enjoy the diversity of the animals.""
View All Works Related to Moore at the sheep farm. (1)
0023394
Henry Moore: Sheep
Publisher: various
Place Published: Memmingham
Year: 2016
Date & Collation: various (15 October 2016 - 29 January 2017)
Description: Media coverage of exhibition Henry Moore: Sheep at Mewo Kunsthalle, Memmingen, Germany, 15 October 2016 - 29 January 2017. Includes illus of Six Sheep in a Field 1981 (HMF 81(309)); Henry Moore with Sheep Piece, Perry Green, 1977. Moore's drawings are shown alongside paintings by Josef Madlener (1881–1967) who was born in Memmingen.
0014613
(Masses in balance).
Author/Editor: HINO K.
Publisher: Nihon Kogyo Shimbun
Place Published: Tokyo
Year: 1987
Date & Collation: (8 May)..(1 illus).Text in Japanese.
Description: Short commentary on Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze. It is placed in a field where sheep graze. Owing something to the natural environment it is nevertheless a completely abstract sculpture.
0010711
Veistokset puistossa. (Sculpture in the park).
Author/Editor: SIPILA Jussi.
Publisher: Aamulehti
Place Published: Tampere
Year: 1977
Date & Collation: (15 July)..(1 illus).Text in Finnish.
Description: Review of Battersea Park Sculpture exhibition (See 0003093), with photograph and mention of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze.
0002806
England's grand old monument.
Author/Editor: GOSLING Nigel.
Publisher: Observer
Place Published: London
Year: 1978
Date & Collation: (23 July) 17,20(1 illus).
Description: A large photograph by Jane Bown of Henry Moore with Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze accompanies this report of a visit to Much Hadham on the eve of Moore's 80th birthday. Describes the estate, Moore's art collection and his own sculpture in the grounds and his love of nature. Extracted in Atlas World Press Review, October 1978 (See 0002918). See also 0010463.
0015184
No Moore sculpture.
Publisher: Western Daily Press
Place Published: Bristol
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (15 Dec)..(1 illus).
Description: Pepsi-Co are revealed as the new owners of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze, removed from C & J Clark, Street, Somerset.
0015175
Town in mourning as sculpture is sold.
Publisher: Western Daily Press
Place Published: Bristol
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (16 Nov)..(1 illus).
Description: Photograph of Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze being removed from Street, Somerset after its sale by C & J Clark. Initially dubbed a monstrosity, people had since warmed to the work.
See also 0015184.
0015170
Shoe firm's £2m statue is for sale.
Publisher: Western Daily Press
Place Published: Bristol
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (6 Nov)..(2 illus).
Description: Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze is to be sold by the shoe company C & J Clark who are about to close down.
See aslo 0015184.
0015176
Sculpture's sad send-off.
Publisher: Shepton Mallett Journal
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (19 Nov)..(1 illus).
Description: Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze left Street, sold by C & J Clark to an anonymous buyer. A spokesperson for the Henry Moore Foundation said we do not know who bought it but we believe it is going to America".
See also 0015184."
0003161
Vreemdelingen in Parijs. (Foreigners in Paris).
Author/Editor: MERCKX A.
Publisher: Nieuwe Gazet
Place Published: Antwerp
Year: 1977
Date & Collation: (31 May)..(2 illus).Text in Dutch.
Description: Short review of the Orangerie exhibition (See 0003082) with illustrations of Reclining Figure: Arch Leg, 1969-1970 bronze and Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze.
0015177
Shoe firm sells town landmark.
Publisher: Western Gazette
Place Published: Yeovil
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: (19 Nov)..(1 illus).
Description: Sheep Piece, 1971-1972 bronze has been removed from Clark's factory at Street. The name of the American buyer has not been revealed.