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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)
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)

Creator Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
Date1970
Mediumetching on paper
Dimensionssheet: 49 x 36.5 cm (19 5/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Image: 25.2 x 19.9 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, 1971
Category
    Object number71/28.17
    LocationNot currently on display

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    Elephant Skull Plate XXIII (It is the most impressive item in my library of natural forms)
    Henry Moore
    1970
    Print
    Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate IX (Bones have great variety in section and subtle transition of one shape into another)
    Elephant Skull Plate IX (Bones have great variety in section and subtle transition of one shape into another)
    Henry Moore
    1970
    Print
    Image Not Available for Elephant Skull Plate X (Bones have marvellous structural strength and hard tenseness of form)
    Elephant Skull Plate X (Bones have marvellous structural strength and hard tenseness of form)
    Henry Moore
    1970
    Print
    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 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
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