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Passing on a review of this book: "A Superb Survey",
This review is from: London's War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore (Paperback)
London's War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore - Reviews - Brief Article - Book Review Contemporary Review, Nov, 2003 London's War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore. Julian Andrews. Lund Humphries. [pounds sterling]25.00 p.b. 144 pages. ISBN 0-85331-844-1. Among the most popular visual pictures of the Second World War are those showing Londoners finding safety in the city's underground. These drawings were made between the autumn of 1940 and the summer of 1941 and came to number more than 300. Moore made them at the request of the War Artists Advisory Committee. Mr Andrews admits that not all the drawings are good but they do show how an artist came to terms with a situation in which people were 'having things done to them that they were quite powerless to resist'. Although the drawings began as a private affair based on a chance journey on the Tube, they soon became famous and a source of needed income. By comparing the drawings to actual photographs and by including much valuable information about the works, the artist and the war, Mr Andrews has given readers not just the first book on these works but a superb survey of the drawings and the artist behind them. (P.P.F.) COPYRIGHT 2003 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group |
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London's War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore by Julian Andrews (Paperback - Nov. 2002)
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