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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
Banking at 4000 feet, from Building Aircraft. The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals (LG. 23)
lithograph, 1917, on Holbein wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered '34', from the edition of 200, published by the Stationary Office, with full margins, very pale mount-staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 403 x 315mm., S. 510 x 400mm.
Banking at 4000 feet, from Building Aircraft. The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals (LG. 23)
lithograph, 1917, on Holbein wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered '34', from the edition of 200, published by the Stationary Office, with full margins, very pale mount-staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 403 x 315mm., S. 510 x 400mm.
出版
Nash and Nevinson in War and Peace: The Graphic Work 1914-1920, The Leicester Galleries, London, 1977
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Nevinson was appointed as an Official War Artist in 1917. One of the conditions of his appointment was to fulfil a commission from the Ministry of Information for a set of prints published for 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals.' 'Banking at 4000 feet' was the first of six lithographs from the set 'Building Aircraft' and followed the brief to highlight the achievements of Britain's War effort on the home front.
'Banking at 4000 feet' portrays a real and physical sense of height. This feeling of involvement is intensified as Nevinson invites us to take on the role of the passenger. Gripping onto the side of the flimsy cockpit rail, one is aware of the thrill but also the danger of the experience. It is a romantic vision of a new age of machine dominated wars. Not only was its aim to inspire a new generation of pilots but also to fill key workers at home with a sense of purpose as they marvelled at their creation.
'Banking at 4000 feet' portrays a real and physical sense of height. This feeling of involvement is intensified as Nevinson invites us to take on the role of the passenger. Gripping onto the side of the flimsy cockpit rail, one is aware of the thrill but also the danger of the experience. It is a romantic vision of a new age of machine dominated wars. Not only was its aim to inspire a new generation of pilots but also to fill key workers at home with a sense of purpose as they marvelled at their creation.