Paul Nash

Margaret Nash
Margot Eates and E.H. Ramsden
Their sale, Sotheby's London, 16th June 1976, lot 115, where acquired by the present owner

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, July 1944 (details untraced);
New York, Buchholz Gallery, Contemporary British artists: Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, John Piper, Ceri Richards, Graham Sutherland, John Tunnard,  27th March - 14th April 1945, cat. no.13;
London, Tate, Paul Nash, 1889-1946, Memorial Exhibition: Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, 17th March - 2nd May 1948, cat. no.140;
London, Hamet Gallery, Paul Nash Watercolours and Drawings, 18th March - 11th April 1970, cat. no.61.

Anthony Bertram, Paul Nash, E. Benn Limited, London, 1923, p.297, illustrated plate 28b;
Paul Nash, Aerial Flowers, Counterpoint, Vol. 1, 1944, illustrated;
Paul Nash, Aerial Flowers, Counterpoint Publications, Oxford, 1947, illustrated p.3;
Margot Eates (ed.), Paul Nash: A Memorial Volume, Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations, Lund Humphries, London and Bradford, 1948, cat. no.111, illustrated;
Margot Eates, Paul Nash: The Master of the Image, 1889-1946, John Murray Publishers Ltd, London, 1973, p.84, 135;
Andrew Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980, cat. no.1190;
Roger Cardinal, The Landscape Vision of Paul Nash, Reaktion Books, London, 1989, p.103.

The sheet is adhered with several tabs to a backing card. The sheet appears sound. There is a very small tear towards the upper left vertical edge, and four extremely small repaired tears along the upper horizontal edge. There are several small pinholes, apparent around the edges and towards the upper, lower and left central areas, thought to be inkeeping with the artist's working method. There are one or two scattered spots of foxing. The watercolour pigments have faded very slightly, thought to be as a result of exposure to light, and only visible when viewed unframed. There is some light surface dirt apparent around the extreme outer edges of the work, only visible when viewed unframed. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in very good overall condition. The work is window-mounted and presented in a limed and painted wooden frame, held under glass. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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