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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Miners at Work on the Coalface

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Miners at Work on the Coalface
Miners at Work on the Coalface
Miners at Work on the Coalface

Miners at Work on the Coalface

Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1992
Date Order NumberAG 42.90
Dimensionspaper: 300 x 567 mm
Signature

pen and ink l.l. Moore/42

OwnershipBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham: presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1947
More Information

Moore was clearly impressed by the massive figure on the right: squeezed into a very small space, the miner's powerful body seems in danger of knocking down the pit props that surround it.

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