ID 1306819
Lot 13 | PAUL NASH (1889-1946)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
Tortured Earth (Mud)
signed 'Paul Nash' (lower right), inscribed and numbered '3 Tortured earth' (on the reverse of the artist's support)
coloured chalk and watercolour on buff paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1917-18.
Provenance
Purchased by Charles Maresco Pearce at the 1918 exhibition, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
G. Grigson, 'Paul Nash: A Metaphysical Artist', Listener, 1 April 1948.
M. Eates (ed.), Paul Nash: Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations, London, 1948, p. 47, no. 49, as 'Tortured Earth', and p. 63, no. 81, pl. 12, as 'Mud'.
M. Eates, Paul Nash: Master of the Image, London, 1973, p. 112, as 'Mud'.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, pp. 68, 363, no. 196, as 'Mud', and p. 365, no. 213, as 'Tortured Earth'.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Void of War: An Exhibition of Pictures by Lieut. Paul Nash, May 1918, no. 49, as 'Tortured Earth'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Paul Nash: Memorial Exhibition, March - May 1948, no. 81.
| Artist: | Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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