The Man in the Wilderness

Details

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)
The Man in the Wilderness
signed 'Mervyn Peake' (lower left)
ink, gouache and varnish
11 x 7¾ in. (28 x 19.7 cm.)
Executed in 1940.

Literature

M. Peake, Ride a Cock Horse - And other Nursery Rhymes, London, 1940, p. 15, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work comes from Ride a Cock Horse - And other Nursery Rhymes a collection published in 1940 by Chatto & Windus. Mervyn Peake produced the present work to illustrate the poem, The Man in the Wilderness, included in the book.

We are very grateful to Sebastian Peake for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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