Shelter Drawing: Family Group

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Shelter Drawing: Family Group

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Shelter Drawing: Family Group,

1941

Henry Moore, 1898–1986; born Castleford, United Kingdom; died Perry Green, United Kingdom
2018-229

Information

Title
Shelter Drawing: Family Group
Dates

1941

Maker
Henry Moore
Medium
Pen and black ink and graphite, with colored wax crayon and watercolor
Dimensions
17.5 × 25.4 cm (6 7/8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Object Number
2018-229
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Signatures
Signed and dated in ink, lower left: Moore 41
Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
wax crayons, graphite, ink, watercolors, wove paper
Subject
infants, wars, figures (representations), shelters, families

Possibly Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1943; Marlborough Gallery, London, 1980 (via Reid & Lefevre); Phillips, London, 1984; private collection, London; sale, Sotheby’s, London, February 26, 1990, lot 152 (bought in); purchased from Grob Gallery, London, in 1993.

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