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Stringed Head

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photo: Nigel Moore
Stringed Head
photo: Nigel Moore
photo: Nigel Moore

Stringed Head

Date1938
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 186g
Dimensionsartwork with base (h x l x d): 11.4 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership
More Information
Edition summary
Bronze and string edition of 5+1 artist's copy, cast c.1966
Foundry: Fiorini Ltd, London

Current or last known owner - click on the 'related' tab below to find out more about specific works
cast 0: The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977 
cast 1: private collection
cast 2[a]: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: Bequest of Charlotte Bergman, Jerusalem, to American Friends of the Israel Museum 
cast 2[b]: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
cast a: Würth Collection, Germany
cast b: The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977

terracotta and string, 1938: The Israel Museum: Bequest of Charlotte Bergman, Jerusalem, to American Friends of the Israel Museum

Remarks
There are two casts in this edition numbered 2/5.
Not all casts in this edition are marked with a number and it has not yet been possible to assign all recorded works to specific casts in the edition. Where it is not known, or where casts are unnumbered, they have been assigned a letter as a unique catalogue reference.
ExhibitionsPublished References
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
LH 186g terracotta
1938
Stringed Head
LH 186g cast a
1938 cast 1966
photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
LH 186g cast 2[a]
1938 cast 1966
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186g cast b
1938 cast 1966
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186g cast 0
1938 cast 1966
Stringed Head
LH 186g cast 2[b]
1938 cast 1966
Stringed Relief
LH 182
1937
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186e
1938
Stringed Figure
LH 199
1939
Photograph courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries
LH 206
1939