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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)
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)

Creator Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
Date1970
Mediumetching on paper
Dimensions37 x 49 cm (14 9/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Image: 23.6 x 30.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, 1971
Category
    Object number71/28.26
    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 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 XXI (I used the hairlike fineness of line to suggest space and mystery)
    Elephant Skull Plate XXI (I used the hairlike fineness of line to suggest space and mystery)
    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 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 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 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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