Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Second Shelter Sketchbook
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Second Shelter Sketchbook
Date1940-41
Artwork TypeSketchbooks
Catalogue NumberSKB 31
Date Order NumberAG 40-41.69 to AG 40-41.163
Paperoff-white lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 204 × 165 mm
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of Irina Moore 1977
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Disbanded grey-green paper-covered notepad of off-white lightweight wove paper 204 x 165 mm. The pages were attached at the top with two staples and perforated 15 mm below this. The cover is inscribed by the artist in pencil Irina Moore/March 1941/to Oct 1941. The drawings are unsigned and undated; they are numbered 1-95 in ink lower right upside-down on the verso. The notepad was taken apart on a number of occasions and has remained unbound since 1981.
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