Lot Essay
The grotto was in Nash's Hampstead Garden.
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Grotto
Details
Paul Nash (1889-1946)
Grotto
signed and dated '1938/Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
15 x 22¼ in. (38.1 x 56.5 cm.)
Grotto
signed and dated '1938/Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
15 x 22¼ in. (38.1 x 56.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir John Parkinson, 1938.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1961, lot 95, where purchased by Mr Murdoch.
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1961, lot 95, where purchased by Mr Murdoch.
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Burlington Magazine, April 1961.
Studio, April 1961.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, pp. 442-443, no. 938, pl. 542.
Studio, April 1961.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, pp. 442-443, no. 938, pl. 542.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, New Paintings by Paul Nash, May - June 1938, no. 21.
London, National Gallery, Six British Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no. 32.
London, National Gallery, Six British Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no. 32.
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