Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Coalmining Subjects Sketchbook
Coalmining Subjects Sketchbook
Notebook covered in grey-green Kraft paper probably containing 24 pages of cream lightweight wove paper 203 x 162 mm in one signature of twelve. The front cover bears an off-white label printed London County Council/CLAPHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS,/ARISTOTLE ROAD S.W.1/Name/Subject/Form, partially crossed through. The word Meadows in pen and ink, crossed through, is written next to Name. Across the label in the artist's hand in pencil is KM/1941/42; wax crayon Henry Moore; Coalmining subjects. Twenty-two pages are known: pages 1 and 3, consisting of daily notes, are numbered by the artist in pen and ink upper right on the recto, pages 1 to 43 are numbered 2 to 44 upper left on the verso. All pages are unsigned, except HMF 1945 verso, and undated. Many of the pages have colour washes on the verso, but these are only illustrated where drawing has been added. This sketchbook is referred to as the 'other notebook' in a number of inscriptions in Coalmine Notebook 1942.