Lot 189
  • 189

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A.

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A.
  • Conflict
  •  signed and dated Humanity Series III
  • drypoint, printed in sanguine on arches paper
  • plate: 35 by 27.4cm.; 13 3/4 by 10 3/4 in.
  • sheet: 49.4 by 37.4cm.; 19 1/2 by 14 3/4 in.
Drypoint and etching printed in sanguine, 1926-7, a superb impression of this rare print, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 'print.2.', titled 'Humanity Series III. Conflict', dedicated 'To Frank Rutter for his "Jubilee" portfolio.', one of only a few known impressions of this print, on Arches laid paper, framed

Provenance

Sale, Phillips London, 27th June 1994, lot 340, where acquired by David Bowie

Literature

Jonathan Black, C.R.W. Nevinson, The Complete Prints, Farnham, 2014, p.178, no.132, illustrated (another example).

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from one or two spots of pale foxing in the margins, very pale time and mount-staining, backboard-staining, framed.
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