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Heads, figures and ideas

Title
Heads, figures and ideas / Henry Moore ; with a comment by Geoffrey Grigson.
Author
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.
Publication
London : George Rainbird ; Greenwich, Conn. : New York Graphic Society, 1958.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Eng. 1958 93-338Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-
  • Rainbird, George.
  • Curwen Press. prt
  • New York Graphic Society.
Description
[66] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.); 48 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "The book was compiled and designed in 1957 by the artist in collaboration with George Rainbird"--T.p. verso. Printed at the Curwen Press, London, on Grosvenor Chater's Chariot Offset Cartridge paper.
  • Issued also in a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by the artist.
  • Additional ill. on lining papers.
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter natural linen and blue-gray paper boards with reproduction of drawing in white on front cover; in illustrated book jacket.
Indexed In (note)
  • Cramer, G. Henry Moore, catalogue of graphic works
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1958 93-338
LCCN
58004168
OCLC
  • 517744
  • NYPG93-B50358
Author
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.
Title
Heads, figures and ideas / Henry Moore ; with a comment by Geoffrey Grigson.
Imprint
London : George Rainbird ; Greenwich, Conn. : New York Graphic Society, 1958.
Indexed In:
Cramer, G. Henry Moore, catalogue of graphic works, 41
Local Note
Illustrations: 1 print : lithograph, col. ; full-page. On handmade paper specially watermarked with the artist's signature; tipped in preceding t.p. Spencer Coll. copy: Signed and dated April 1968 in blue ink. References: Cramer (cites the limited edition, in which the prints were numbered 1/150-150/150). -- 57 p. of photomechanical prints : reproduction of drawings, col., monochrome, b&w ; full-page (18) or smaller. Subject: Heads, figures, horses. Many with facsim. reproductions of the artist's ms. comments. -- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm. Subject: Bust of a woman, 18th Dynasty Egyptian. Mounted on p. [22].
Gift of Henry Mottek.
Local Subject
Mottek, Henry Provenance.
Added Author
Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-
Rainbird, George.
Curwen Press. Printer
New York Graphic Society.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1958 93-338
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