Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. 1889-1948.
All works are signed in pencil. Condition is excellent; defects are noted.
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Building Aircraft.
Banking at 4,000 Feet. 1917. Lithograph. Leicester Galleries 23. 15 7/8 x 12 3/8(sheet 20 x 15 5/8). Edition 200, #28. One of a set of 6 lithographs entitled "Building Aircraft" published by the Stationary Office as part of the series, The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 114; Ackley, Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, page 69. Printed on off-white wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. Price upon request.
Making the Engine. 1917. Lithograph. Leicester Galleries 23. 15 7/8 x 12 (sheet 19 7/8 x 15 5/8). Edition 200, #1. One of a set of 6 lithographs entitled "Building Aircraft" published by the Stationary Office as part of the series, The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 115. Printed onthe full sheet of white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $15,000.
London and Venice.
The Connoisseur or In the Studio. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Guichard 72. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. A rich impression with plate tone on 'F.J. Head & Co' watermarked laid paper. Printed on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $6,500.
Venice Night. Drypoint. G 94. 5 1/2 x 7 1/8 (7 9/16 x 9 7/8). A fine, tonal impression on pale cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. Nevinson's foreshortened perspective of the mooring poles at the Salute in Venice is highly innovative. $2,500.
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