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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

War Pictures at the National Gallery.

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0008904 War Drawings;London 1944.;United States of America; Canada; Australia; New Zealand; West Indies; Museums Association; British Institute of Adult Education; Miners at Work, 1942 drawing; Four Grey Sleepers, 1941 drawing; Leytonstone Library; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; Swansea; Weston-super-Mare School of Art; Weston-super-Mare; Riversley Park Gallery; Nuneaton; Bank Field Museum; Halifax; County School for Girls; Bridgewater; Ferens Art Gallery; Hull; Northampton Art Gallery; Northampton; Glasgow School of Art; Glasgow; Glasgow Gallery; Kelvingrove War Pictures at the National Gallery. National Gallery London Visitors to the National Gallery must remember that only a small part of the whole collection which totals over 3000 works is exhibited there. Loans have been sent to Canada the United States Australia and New Zealand and the West Indies. A large consignment was sunk on the way to South America. Five other collections have been circulating in England under the auspices of the Museums Association and the British Institute of Adult Education. Five hundred pictures have been lent to British Restaurants and many others to canteens and special exhibitions in service stations."
Plates 1 and 28 depict two Moore drawings: Miners at Work 1942 drawing and Four Grey Sleepers 1941 drawing.
Press cuttings in the Henry Moore Foundation library include 1944-1945 reviews of War Drawings mentioning Moore at: 1944 Leytonstone Library (London); Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea); Weston-super-Mare School of Art (Weston-super-Mare); Riversley Park Gallery (Nuneaton); Bank Field Museum (Halifax); County School for Girls (Bridgewater); Ferens Art Gallery (Hull). 1945 Northampton Art Gallery (Northampton); Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow); Glasgow Gallery (Kelvingrove Glasgow)."

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Four Grey Sleepers
HMF 1847
1941
Miners at Work
HMF 2003
1942