Figures in an Underground Shelter, 1941

Not on View

Medium

pen and brush and black ink, colored chalks, and watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 34 x 56.2 cm (13 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Garrould 2001, Vol. 41., no. 66

Accession Number

1987.78.1

Artists / Makers

Henry Moore (artist) British, 1898 - 1986

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Inscription

lower right in pen and black ink: Moore / 41

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by Sir Kenneth Clark, 1941; (Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London); William S. and Ruth B. Benedict, Washington, DC, late 1960s; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.
Marlborough Gallery

Exhibition History

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 127.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 354-355, color repro.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994: no. 78 (exhibition brochure).

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 73.

Bibliography

2001: A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 73.

2001: Garrould, Ann. Henry Moore, Volume 3, Complete Drawings 1940-49. London: Henry Moore Foundation in Association with Lund Humphries, 2001.