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Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate B
Elephant Skull Plate B
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate B

Elephant Skull Plate B

Creator Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
Date1970
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsSheet: 49.4 × 36.5 cm (19 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Plate Mark: 21.3 × 14.2 cm (8 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Henry Moore, 1976
Category
Object number76/66
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate I (An elephant skull was recently added to Moore's maquette studio)
Elephant Skull Plate I (An elephant skull was recently added to Moore's maquette studio)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate V (With more complexity than there is in a human skull)
Elephant Skull Plate V (With more complexity than there is in a human skull)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XI (Skull side view - Jaw articulation)
Elephant Skull Plate XI (Skull side view - Jaw articulation)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XXVIII (Skull back view - Tunnels, regressions, dark depths)
Elephant Skull Plate XXVIII (Skull back view - Tunnels, regressions, dark depths)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate VII (Skull side view - Eye socket and tusk holes)
Elephant Skull Plate VII (Skull side view - Eye socket and tusk holes)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XIV (Though still only line-drawing, I wanted to show the skull's massiveness)
Elephant Skull Plate XIV (Though still only line-drawing, I wanted to show the skull's massiveness)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XIII (Here I was searching for the skull's internal structure)
Elephant Skull Plate XIII (Here I was searching for the skull's internal structure)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XVII (The elephant is the most remarkable living link we have with the prehistoric world)
Elephant Skull Plate XVII (The elephant is the most remarkable living link we have with the prehistoric world)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XXVI (On completing this plate I thought of Piranesi's series of Imaginary Prisons)
Elephant Skull Plate XXVI (On completing this plate I thought of Piranesi's series of Imaginary Prisons)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XV (Here the etching needle hardly touched the plate)
Elephant Skull Plate XV (Here the etching needle hardly touched the plate)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate II (Holes, caves and column)
Elephant Skull Plate II (Holes, caves and column)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate XIX (One formed cupped and socketed into another)
Elephant Skull Plate XIX (One formed cupped and socketed into another)
Henry Moore
1970
Print
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