New York, An Abstraction
Drypoint, 1921, Black 77, Leicester Galleries 42; from a very small edition. 5 x 3 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and titled in pencil on the verso at the bottom. This is a fine impression printed on off-white laid paper bearing the watermark ENGLAND. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a faint suggestion of light toning within an earlier mat opening. One impression is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here we quote their comments from the Met's website entry: "In New York: An Abstraction", Nevinson effects a forward-facing view from a train rapidly moving through a valley of skyscrapers and tenement buildings as if it were cutting through the city itself. Shafts of light and shadows create multiple planes, which Nevinson compresses into a narrow, claustrophobic space. Nevinson omits the train itself, but creates the impression that the viewer is on a rollercoaster as it navigates what is likely part of the Third Avenue El, the elevated train." Nevinson also produced a 1920 oil painting of this same subject which is now in the Tate Gallery, London. Ex-collection: Osborne Samuel, London.
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Summer
Drypoint and etching, 1924-27, Black 111, edition unknown. 9 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression of this uncommon print. Printed on a cream laid paper with full margins, the condition of this work is fine. There's just a small amount of toning and a tiny stain in the upper left corner of the margin, well away from the image. Decidely impressionist in nature, this unusual work of a man and woman relaxing in a small boat, hidden by sunlight and the tree leaves, was done while the artist was in Paris.
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