Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson.
Swooping Down on a Taube. 1917. Lithograph. Leicester Galleries 28. 15 3/4 x 11 3/4(sheet 19 5/8x 15). Edition 200, #32. 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 113; Ackley, Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, page 24. Printed on off-white wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. Price upon request.
The lithograph is related to the artist's 1916 oil painting, Spiral Descent.
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