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Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings

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Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings
Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings
Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings

Eighteen Ideas for War Drawings

Date1940
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1553
Date Order NumberAG 40.67
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink
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
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More Information

The 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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