Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings
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Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings
Date1940
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1553
Date Order NumberAG 40.67
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 274 × 376 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.r. Moore/40
Inscription
pencil u.l. searchlights; u.c. Flashes from ground; gunshells bursting like stars; u.r. Night & day – contrast; u.c.l. devastated houses; bomb crater; u.c.r. contrast of opposites; contrast of peaceful normal with sudden devastation; c.l. disintegration of farm machine; fire at night; c. Haystack & airplane; Nightmare; c.r. contrast of opposites; Burning cows; l.c.l. spotters on buildings; barbed wire; l.c.r. Cows & Bombers; Bombs bursting at sea
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationThe drawing of the crashed 'airplane', third from left in the third row down, is based on HMF 1552; the captions for the remaining sketches are similar to ideas listed on p.45 of the First Shelter Sketchbook HMF 1603.
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