Description
‡Paul Nash (1889-1946)
Corfe Castle
Signed and dated 1935
Watercolour over pencil
28.5 x 38.5cm; 11¼ x 15in
Provenance:
The Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by James Pilkington, 1935
John Pilkington's sale; Sotheby's London, 13 Dec 1961, where purchased by Arthur Tooth & Son, London
J.B.P. Williamson
Private Collection, U.K.
Bonhams, 30th June 2010, Lot 75
Exhibited:
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, March 1964, no.25
Literature:
Andrew Causey, Paul Nash, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980, cat.no.831, p.273 (ill.b&w)
Paul Nash was commissioned to write and illustrate a guide to Dorset in the 1930s as part of the Shell County Guides to England & Wales. These were avant garde guides for the new car-owning metropolitan tourist and the founding editor was John Betjeman. Nash's Dorset guide was surrealist in style and this is an original watercolour illustration of Corfe Castle from this guide.
