Napoleon Bonaparte; and Pascal Paoli

Details

John Minton (1917-1957)
Napoleon Bonaparte; and Pascal Paoli
inscribed 'Napoleon Bonaparte' (lower left), indistinctly inscribed lower right and inscribed again 'The Napoleon Tour' (on the reverse)
ink, unframed
15½ x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The present works were for Alan Ross's book, Time Was Away: A Notebook in Corsica, which was published in 1948, with illustrations by Minton and the spine and typography designed by Keith Vaughan. Minton went to Corsica with Alan Ross, and the resulting book became, as Frances Spalding states, 'a cult book among illustration students' (see F. Spalding, Dance till the Stars Come Down, London, 1991, pp. 109-114).

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