Lot 174
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Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Animal Form

Details
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Animal Form
signed 'Moore' (on the side at the base)
bronze with a green patina
13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1959 and cast in an edition of 8.
Provenance
Reginald Ernest Moreau, to whom awarded as the Stamford Raffles Award, the Zoological Society of London, 1962, and by descent.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture: 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 2005, pp. 38, 39, no. 443, pls 75, 77, another cast illustrated.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

The present lot was awarded to Reginald Ernest Moreau (1897-1970) in 1962 by the Zoological Society of London, in recognition of his contribution to ornithology. Moreau had an extensive knowledge about birds, making studies of the clutch size in nesting birds and comparing the life-histories of birds in different latitudes. He was also a long time editor of the ornithological journal Ibis, and was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Oxford on 15 December 1951.

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