Sketchy abstract print of organic forms that converge toward the center with a hole in middle

Elephant Skull, Plate VIII

Artist Henry Moore (English, 1898 - 1986)

Printed by Jean-Paul Berger on the handpresses of Frélaut and Lacourière, Paris

Date1969

MediumEtching

Dimensionssheet: 14 1/2 in x 19 5/16 in; plate/image: 9 1/4 in x 12 in

ClassificationPrint

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, purchase funds provided in part by Katherine Olson

Object number2008.19.8

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