Lot 131
  • 131

PAUL NASH | The Garden

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Nash
  • The Garden
  • inscribed on the reverse
  • watercolour, pencil and gouache on paper
  • 35.5 by 25.5cm.; 14 by 10in.
  • Executed in 1914-21.

Provenance

Acquired by the Grandfather of the present owner in the 1930s and thence by descent

Exhibited

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1954, (possibly);
Bradford, City of Bradford Corporation Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall (possibly). 

Condition

The sheet is secured to the mount with strips of adhesive tape along each edge. The right hand edge is unevenly torn, with some minor losses. There is some rounding to the extreme corners, and there are some nicks and flecks of loss to the extreme edges, not visible in the present mount. There are two Artist's pinholes in the upper left corner. There are two small tears at the upper edge. There is a small nodule in the sheet towards the centre of the left edge, this appears to be inherent to the sheet. The sheet is time stained and the colours may have faded slightly. This excepting the work appears to be in good overall condition. The sheet is window mounted and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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