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“APPRENTICE”

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Henry Moore, A Tilbury Shelter Scene, 1941, ink, watercolour, crayon and gouache on paper, 41.9 x 38.1 cm, Tate Britain, London. Source

Henry Moore, Grey Tube Shelter, 1940, watercolour, gouache, ink and chalk on paper, 27.9 x 38.1 cm, Tate Collection. Source

Though Moore is better known for his huge abstract sculptures of reclined figures, he also created hundreds of mixed media sketches depicting agonizing and emotive scenes of bomb shelters during the Second World War. The Tate Collection holds a significant proportion of these works, a selection of which I have included here.

Henry Moore, Shelter Scene: Bunks and Sleepers, 1941, watercolour, gouache, ink and chalk on paper, 48.3 x 43.2 cm, Tate Collection. Source

Henry Moore, Woman Seated in the Underground, 1941, gouache, ink, watercolour and crayon on paper, 48.3 x 38.1 cm, Tate Collection. Source

Henry Moore, Shelterers in the Tube, 1941, graphite, ink, watercolour and crayon on paper, 38 x 56.8 cm, Tate Britain, London. Source

Henry Moore, Tube Shelter Perspective, 1941, graphite, ink, wax and watercolour on paper, 48.3 x 43.8 cm, Tate Collection. Source

“That was my first acquired material possession in the real world, and I loved it so much. (I love you, shiny trinket.)" 

A Case of de Bens, Chapter 3: Shiny Trinkets, panel 9.

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This is an installment for our project, The Many Faces of Elle. To learn more about this project, who we are and what we’re up to, check out our About Uspage!

I need to add more to the queue, but for now here is another drawing by our Reggie. Robbie captioned it for him (Reggie can’t write.) 

Hey, I don’t look creepy in this one! Awesome!

-Sass