Henry Moore

The Elephant Skull Etchings 1970

The elephant skull, gifted to Henry Moore by the naturalist Sir Julian Huxley and his wife held significant prominence within Moore's collection of found objects in his studio. Positioned on a turntable, Moore initially created representational studies of the skull from various perspectives. However, he soon became captivated by its complexity and shifted his focus to the inner forms, examining small areas to highlight their landscape qualities. This portfolio of etchings was printed in an edition of 100 copies in 1969 -1970.

Adam’s Gallery is pleased to offer edition 83/100.

Edition 83/100. Contains all 28 etchings signed by Henry Moore

Published as an album in deluxe and standard editions with a text in English by Henry J. Seldis illustrated with four small etchings CGM 110-113, none of which is signed. The standard edition contains twenty-eight etchings CGM 114-141. The deluxe edition contains five additional etchings CGM 142-146. CGM 109 is printed on the cover of both editions.

505 x 380mm: 20 unnumbered pages in 5 leaves and twenty-eight etchings on Rives with a watermark designed by the artist, each in a leaf of Rives bearing titles given by the artist and plate numbers, unbound within thin card covered with vellum with CGM 109 on the front, spine and back