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

Animal Head: Open Mouth 13 cm. (5 1/8 in.) long (including the base)

Animal Head: Open Mouth
signed and numbered '5/9 Moore' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
13 cm. (5 1/8 in.) long (including the base)
Conceived in 1982

Provenance
Nathan Silberberg, New York, thence by family descent
Private Collection, Israel

Literature
Alan Bowness, Henry Moore; Sculpture and Drawings Volume 6, Sculpture 1980-86, Lund Humphries, London, 1988, pp.52-53, cat.no.868 (ill.b&w, another cast)
John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision, The Sculpture of Henry Moore, Collins & Brown, London, 1998, pp.248-249, cat.no.733 (ill.b&w, another cast)