Coal: British mining in art 1680-1980.

0010187 Mining in art 1680-1980, Coal: British;London 1983.;DREW Joanna;SIDDALL Norman;REES-MOGG William; National Coal Board; Barclays Bank; City Museum and Art Gallery; Stoke-on-Trent; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; Swansea; Science Museum; D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre; Durham; Castle Museum; Nottingham; GRAY Douglas; KANEFSKY John; Coal Mine Drawings; Wheldale Colliery; Castleford Coal: British mining in art 1680-1980. Arts Council of Great Britain London An exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain with the National Coal Board and supported by Barclays Bank. Shown at City Museum and Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent) 1 Oct-6 Nov 1982; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea) 13 Nov-18 Dec 1982; Science Museum (London) 8 Jan-6 Feb 1983; D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre (Durham) 19 Feb-20 March 1983; Castle Museum (Nottingham) 26 March-1 May 1983.
7-42 GRAY Douglas. Art and coal.
(Mentions Moore's reluctant agreement to explore the idea of miners working on the war effort).
43-54 KANEFSKY John. The development of the British coal industry.
55-91 Catalogue.
(161 works by 90 artists, including five Coal Mine Drawings 1942-1943. Quotes Moore on claustrophobic conditions down Wheldale Colliery, Castleford).
92-96 Chronology, Index, Lenders, Bibliography.
There is a list-mention of Moore in the Foreword by Sir William Rees-Mogg, and three illustrations of drawings exhibited, one of which was featured on the exhibition poster and in a 6pp publicity leaflet. A Sketchbook was also on sale at the Science Museum, blank except for some statements by artists, including a quotation from Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs (See 0003835).