Painting. [Cleaning Gas Retorts, St. Pancras] / Cliff Rowe, 1942. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white, on art board; 44 x 59 cm. In frame, 60.5x80x2cm. Signed in wash, brc:Rowe/42. Cleaners, clothing and apparatus at work on a second-layer retort furnace; the studies are worked into pattern and colour effect. Cleaning Gas Retorts, St Pancras 1942
Painting. [The Assembly Line] / Cliff Rowe, [1950s]. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with black and white, on cream; 64 x 122 cm. Signed, trc: Rowe. Women operatives assembling machine parts, screw threads, at the factory bench. The composition conveys the boredom of repetitive and stark working conditions. The Assembly Line 1950-1959