Lot Essay
The subject derives from a photograph that Nash took at Scarbank House, Swanage, the home of Archibald Russell.
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Object at Scarbank
Details
Paul Nash (1889-1946)
Object at Scarbank
signed 'Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil, coloured crayon, watercolour and bodycolour
11 x 15 in. (28 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Object at Scarbank
signed 'Paul Nash' (lower left)
pencil, coloured crayon, watercolour and bodycolour
11 x 15 in. (28 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Provenance
R.M.D. Thesiger.
Richard Smart; his sale, Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 42 (to Agnew's).
Harry L. Dalton, by whom bequeathed to the present owners.
Richard Smart; his sale, Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 42 (to Agnew's).
Harry L. Dalton, by whom bequeathed to the present owners.
Literature
M. Eates, Paul Nash Master of the Image, London, 1973, pl.82b.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, no.977.
A. Causey, Paul Nash, Oxford, 1980, no.977.
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, New Paintings by Paul Nash, July 1939 (ex catalogue).
London, National Gallery, Six British Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no.27.
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1971, no.49.
London, National Gallery, Six British Watercolour Painters of Today, April 1941, no.27.
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1971, no.49.