C. R. W. NEVINSON | In the Air (Leicester Galleries 24; Black 19)

Lithograph, 1917, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 22, from the edition of 200, from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals: Building Aircraft series, on Holbein wove paper, published by the Stationery Office, London, framed

The print is in generally good condition, with margins. The sheet with faint mat-stain, darkest at the mat opening. Margins with a few traces of adhesive and associated discoloration, as well as a few tiny fox marks and inconspicuous handling creases. (The sheet with a soft crease in the bottom left corner and a horizontal pressure mark in the bottom margin. Small spot where paper thins at the upper right edge of the sheet.) The verso with backboard-stain, adhesive along the upper edge, and scattered fox marks, a few showing through slightly.
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