A stylized sculpture of a bird in bronze.
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The bronze sculpture shown a bird with wings raised. The head is slightly raised with a blunted end, a small hole is set into the side as the head widens out to the body. One wing is formed with a sharp edge that slopes down to the back in an arch. The center is cut out in an oval. The other wing is a broad oval with rounded edges. The surface is mottled with areas of light and very dark.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.40.16
People
Henry Moore, British (Castleford, W. Yorks, U.K. 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham, Herts, U.K.)
Title
Bird
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1955
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/96421

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1310, Modern and Contemporary Art, Surrealism
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
11.8 x 13 x 5.1 cm (4 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary Gershinowitz, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mary Gershinowitz
Copyright
© Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.40.16
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1955-1964, Percy Lund, Humphries & Company, LTD (New York, 1965), Fig. 393, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2019 - 01/01/2050

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