Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Brandt, Bill
Title:
[Shelter pictures by Bill Brandt and Henry Moore]
Published / Created:
London : Pocket Publications Ltd., 1942 December.
Physical Description:
pages 473-482 : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Articles & Chapters
Notes:
"In the following pages we reproduce shelter drawings by the sculptor, Henry Moore, alongside photographs by Brandt. These were made quite independently, in the early part of the 1940 Blitz, before official shelters had been organised. ..."--Page 473.
Contents:
One of the great artists of our day, Henry Moore in his studio -- Liverpool Street extension [Brandt] -- Tube shelter perspective [Moore] -- Spitalfield crypt [Brandt] -- The Roman matrons [Moore] -- Tube shelter [Brandt] -- Four grey sleepers [Moore] -- Shelter near Victoria Station [Brandt] -- Woman seated in the Underground [Moore] -- Pink and green sleepers: a drawing by Henry Moore.
Subject Terms:
Brandt, Bill. | Moore, Henry, 1898-1986. | London Underground Limited. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Pictorial works. | Air raid shelters in art. | London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1941 -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952.
Contributors:
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986