Pit Gantry Steps - Norman Cornish MBE
Pit Gantry Steps - Norman Cornish MBE
Norman Cornish MBE
Pit Gantry Steps
reproduction print, now in very limited numbers originally produced in agreement with Norman Cornish and the University Gallery, Northumbria for exhibitions with Norman Cornish between 1989 and 2009 and since acquired by Gallagher & Turner.Not previously framed.
Mounted in conservation mountboard
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’I made drawings of workers in days past because I was fascinated by the men standing talking, or sitting playing dominoes. I was attracted by the wonderful shapes that they make in their varied attitudes. I also realised that life would change in some ways. The local collieries have gone, together with the pit road. Many of the old streets, chapels and pubs are no more. A large number of the ordinary but fascinating people who frequent these places are gone. However, in my memory, and I hope in my drawings, they live on. I simply close my eyes and they all spring to life’ - Norman Cornish
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