Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Miners at Work on the Coalface
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Miners at Work on the Coalface
Date1942
Artist
Henry Moore
(British, 1898 - 1986)
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1992
Date Order NumberAG 42.90
Dimensionspaper: 300 x 567 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.l. Moore/42
OwnershipBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham: presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1947
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Moore was clearly impressed by the massive figure on the right: squeezed into a very small space, the miner's powerful body seems in danger of knocking down the pit props that surround it.
