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Shelter drawing
Maker
1898-1986
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Width: 56.6 cm
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Moore based these figures on drawings he made of Londoners sheltering in Underground stations during World War II air raids. By representing anonymous bodies rather than specific individuals, Moore’s ‘shelter drawings’ express the common experience of the Blitz.
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Exhibition History
CORPUS: The Body Unbound, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/06/2017-16/07/2017
Drawings Gallery Display - Unseen, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/01/2015-29/03/2015 ...More
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983 ...Less
Literature
cat. no. 39
ill.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, pen and black ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Moore / 42.". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “1.”; upper centre, graphite: “M [this underlined] / (Reclining Figures) [this struck through] / Group of Figures / 22 gns”.
Collector's mark: none.
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