Henry Moore's draped figures

"Quite against what I expected, I found myself strangely excited by the bombed buildings, but still more by the unbelievable scenes and life of the underground shelters... I went into London two or three days a week to do my shelter drawings... I began filling a notebook with drawings - ideas based on London's shelter life. Naturally I could not draw in the shelter itself; I drew from memory on my return home" Henry Moore

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Study for Row of Sleepers, 1941, Henry Moore

Henry Moore's Shelter Drawings have clearly influenced the large sculptures shown below and on the next page, even those these sculptures were completed after the Second World War.

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Note how the artist has used his knowledge of cloth falling over the reclining figure below as an influence.

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Draped Reclining Woman, 1957-58, Henry Moore