Edward Bawden

Tobruk: The Harbour

1942

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Artist: Edward Bawden 1903–1989
Medium: Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 451 x 1156 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
Reference: N05684

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N05684 TOBRUK: THE HARBOUR 1942

Inscr. ‘Edward Bawden’ b.r
Pen and watercolour, 17 3/4×45 1/2 (45×114·5), on two pieces of paper joined together.
Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
Exh: National War Pictures, Brighton, 1943, National Gallery, 1945, Glasgow, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (390).
Repr: Richards, 1946, pl.27 (in colour)

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

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