Henry Moore
We have chosen this compelling and important sculpture to coincide with the major exhibition of Moores work which opens at Tate Britain on 24 February. At once comical and menacing, the grinning skull aligns the work with more recent examples by Damien Hirst, Kenny Hunter or Katharina Fritsch. Whilst it feels so contemporary, Animal Head is also characteristic of the fantastic heads Moore returned to periodically throughout his career. As such, this example combines a number of recurring interests distinctive to Moores work: his use of Aztec and prehistoric motifs as well as the exploration of interior and exterior forms, so that the work becomes less representative, increasingly complex and abstract as one walks around it.
Animal Head
1951
Bronze
Edition of 8
Height 21.6 cm / 8 1/2 ins
LH301
Price on application
Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation