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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Shell and Bomb Cases from an Army Museum

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Shell and Bomb Cases from an Army Museum
Shell and Bomb Cases from an Army Museum
Shell and Bomb Cases from an Army Museum

Shell and Bomb Cases from an Army Museum

Date1941-42
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1854
Date Order NumberAG 43.121
Papermedium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 210 x 165 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil l.r. (vertically) see opp */For lower part of this

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information
This and the following two drawings are most unusual subjects for Moore. It is probable they relate to a commission of May 1943 from the war Artists' Advisory Committee which had proposed that Moore make drawings of 'objects dropped from the air' assembled at a research establishment by the Ministry of Home security. Although Moore accepted and made the visit, the subject did not  suit him and the commission was cancelled. The drawings are on pages of the same size and paper as The Rescue Sketchbook, see HMF 2280.
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