Edward Bawden

The Catholic Church, Addis Ababa

1941

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Artist: Edward Bawden 1903–1989
Medium: Ink, watercolour and crayon on paper
Dimensions: Support: 457 x 578 mm
frame: 707 x 857 x 22 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
Reference: N05683

Catalogue entry

N05683 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ADDIS ABABA 1941

Inscr. ‘Edward Bawden Addis Ababa’ l.c.
Watercolour, crayon and pen, 18×22 3/4 (46×58).
Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
Exh: National War Pictures, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (377).
Repr: William Coldstream, War Pictures by British Artists: Second Series: Soldiers, 1943, pl.39; Richards, 1946, pl.1 (in colour).

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, I

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