Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Imagine... Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front
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Bib. Number0021694
Imagine... Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front
PublisherBritish Broadcasting Corporation
Place PublishedLondon
Year2009
Date & Collation50mins.Colour.Sound
LanguageEnglish
More InformationArts documentary presented by Alan Yentob, broadcast 28 July 2009, BBC1. Examines the social and cultural impact of funding, from government, business and private endowment. Five Moore illustrations; HMF 1557, 1635, 1690, 1797, 1845 shown in slideshow to soundtrack of gunfire. Footage from John Read's 1951 film Henry Moore, showing Moore working on his sculpture Working Model for Reclining Figure: Festival 1950 plaster, (LH 292). This is accompanied by archive audio footage of John Maynard Keynes. Five Moore illus: Air Raid Shelter Drawing: Gash in Road c.1940 drawing, (HMF 1557) Study for 'Tube Shelter Perspective' 1940-41 drawing, (HMF 1635) Basement Shelter 1940-41 drawing, (HMF 1690) Shelterers in the Tube 1941 drawing, (HMF 1797) Pink and Green Sleepers 1941 drawing, (HMF 1845).