Paul Nash - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 21, 2023 | Phillips

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  • After the First World War, British artist Paul Nash began spending his summers in Dymchurch, on the Kent coast. Describing the coastal village as “a delightful place with much inspiring material for work,” Nash began to produce some of his most celebrated work there. Executed in 1920, The Sluice, Dymchurch is part of a group of three lithographic prints that focus on the relationship between Dymchurch and the sea. The present lot depicts the large sea wall which had been designed to protect Romney March from flooding, alongside the Martello towers built at the start of the 19th century to avoid a Napoleonic invasion. A remarkable example of Paul Nash’s extensive body of work and striking printing abilities, The Sluice, Dymchurch confirms Nash’s rank as one of the most important British artists of the 20th century.

    • Provenance

      Jennings Fine Art, London, 2016
      Private Collection, UK

    • Literature

      Alexander Postan L8
      Frances Carey and Antony Griffiths, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-1960, pp. 64-65 (no. 40)

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The Sluice (P. L8)

1920
Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 36.1 x 41.1 cm (14 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
S. 45.8 x 58.2 cm (18 x 22 7/8 in.)

Signed, dated, and annotated 'from the ed. of 30' in pencil, framed.

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Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 21 - 22 September 2023