Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Men Crawling to Leave Coalface
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Men Crawling to Leave Coalface
Sketchbook
- Page from Coalmine Sketchbook
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1977
Date Order NumberAG 42.75
Paperwhite medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 251 x 178 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. Men crawling to leave Coal face (45, 46); pen and ink c.l. Man crawling/Miners leaving coalface; c.r. Man about to climb over/conveyor belt; pencil l.c. Make/three men/here; pen and ink l.r. Draw above in sectional line/but when doing bigger think of/miners faces, white lips & eyes etc
OwnershipKunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett
Collections
The numbers refer to pages in Coalmining Notebook A.