Modern British & 20th Century Art - Day 1 - 4th December 2024

Lot 556

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (1889-1946)

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3528

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Description

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (1889-1946)
Moonrise
Signed CRW Nevinson (to reverse of frame, CRW in ligature)
Oil on canvas, c.1916
22.2 x 31.9cm

Provenance:
Given by the artist to the present owner's grandmother, Miss Marjorie Puttick;
And by descent

Exhibited:
Possibly London, The Alpine Club Gallery, The Friday Club, March-April 1916 (as Night: Light: Cloud: An Interpretation)

The present work was probably executed c.1916, demonstrating elements of the Post-Impressionist style that Nevinson was employing around 1912, and anticipating the more traditional landscapes he exhibited in 1919.

Marjorie Puttick was a friend of Nevinson's, and they probably met when they were both studying at the Slade School of Art.

We are grateful to Christopher Martin for his assistance cataloguing the present work.