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Figures in an Air-Raid Shelter

Robert Colquhoun, 1941

Imperial War Museum London (IWM London), London

The artist uses the tight and brutal enclosure of the air raid shelter to create a setting that is both theatrical in its design and emotional complexity. Is the figure on the left protecting the space or keeping order? The cramped discomfort is illustrated in the waking figure at the bottom.

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Title of artwork, date

Figures in an Air-Raid Shelter, 1941

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Oil on panel

Dimensions

25.4 x 50.2 cm

Grant

10467

Total cost

22355

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