Lot 24
  • 24

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A.
  • Building Aircraft: Acetylene Welder (L. G. 25)
  • Image: 402 by 297mm; 15¾ by 11 5/8 in
  • Sheet: 488 by 385mm; 19¼ by 15 1/8 in
Lithograph, 1917, signed and dated in pencil, aside from the numbered edition of 200, from the set of six lithographs, published by the Sationary Office as part of the series The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, on wove paper, with full margins, in good condition

Provenance

Redfern Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners in May 1984

Literature

London, The Leicester Galleries at the Alpine Club Gallery, Nash and Nevinson in War and Peace, October – November 1977, Nevinson section cat.no.25
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, The Print in England 1790-1930, March – May 1985, cat.no.246

Condition

The work is in overall good condition apart from very slight mount-staining. A small paper loss at extreme lower right edge of sheet. A soft crease at centre of lower margin. A stray fox mark in lower margin away from image. Remains of hinging tape at three corners verso.
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