Lot Essay
Causey comments, 'The subject derives from a photograph Nash took at Scarbank House, Swanage, the home of Archibald Russell' (loc. cit.).
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Object at Scarbank
Details
Paul Nash (1889-1946)
Object at Scarbank
signed 'Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
11 x 15½ in. (27.9 x 39.4 cm.)
Executed in 1939.
Object at Scarbank
signed 'Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
11 x 15½ in. (27.9 x 39.4 cm.)
Executed in 1939.
Provenance
Lt. R.M.D. Thesiger, 1941.
Richard Smart; his sale; Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 42.
with Agnews, London.
Harry L. Dalton.
Richard Smart; his sale; Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 42.
with Agnews, London.
Harry L. Dalton.
Literature
M. Eates, Paul Nash, The Master of the Image 1889-1946, London, 1973, p. 101, no. 82b, illustrated.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, p. 446, no. 977.
P. Denton, Paul Nash in Swanage, Swanage, 2002, pp. 61-2, no. 50, illustrated.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, p. 446, no. 977.
P. Denton, Paul Nash in Swanage, Swanage, 2002, pp. 61-2, no. 50, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Tooths, New Paintings by Paul Nash, June 1939, no. 27.
London, National Gallery, Six Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no. 27.
London, Agnews, Paul Nash, 1971, no. 49.
Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Land, April - May 2001, catalogue not traced.
London, National Gallery, Six Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no. 27.
London, Agnews, Paul Nash, 1971, no. 49.
Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Land, April - May 2001, catalogue not traced.
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