Paul Nash (1889-1946)
Study in Pale Tones; The pond at Iden
signed and dated '1921/Paul Nash' (lower right), signed and dated again and inscribed '"Study In Pale Tones" of Pond at Oxenbridge,/Iden, in Rye, Sussex./by Paul Nash. 1921' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and coloured crayon
23 x 15 in. (59 x 40 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs Paul Nash, Oxford.
Geoffrey Jellicoe, by whom purchased at the 1952 exhibition.
Literature
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, no.373.
Exhibited
London, N.E.A.C., January 1923, no.181.
London, Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition, January 1952, no.25.
Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the 1924 oil The Pond (private collection).