This work dates from Henry's Moore's time as an official war artist in the Second World War. During this period he produced some of his most powerful and moving drawings. After he had completed the Shelter drawings of 1941, studies of Londoners taking refuge from the Blitz in the underground, he visited the Wheldale Colliery in his home town of Castleford in West Yorkshire, where he recorded the miners at work. Mining was a reserved occupation during wartime and Moore was himself the son of a miner.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Miner Drilling, 1942
Date supported
2006
Medium and material
Pencil, wax crayons, coloured crayons, pen & ink & wash on paper
Dimensions
31.1 x 21.4 cm
Grant
3150
Total cost
25200
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