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Study for 'At the Coalface'

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Study for 'At the Coalface'
Study for 'At the Coalface'
Study for 'At the Coalface'

Study for 'At the Coalface'

Sketchbook
  • Page from Coalmine Sketchbook
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1962
Date Order NumberAG 42.58
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 251 × 178 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/42

Inscription

pen and ink u.c. Coal Face; pencil (27 & 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36 38 40 back); c. turn this man/other way/to face coal face; pen and ink c.r. Show conveyor belt on right ®; l.c. Shovelling coal onto Conveyor belt

Ownershipprivate collection, UK
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Moore added the figure of a third miner working on the coalface in the enlarged version of the upper half of this drawing; this figure is visible in the left background of the lower sketch.

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