Paul Nash

London: Winter Scene, No. 2

1940

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Artist: Paul Nash 1889–1946
Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 289 × 394 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940
Reference: N05129

Catalogue entry

N05129 LONDON: WINTER SCENE NO. 2 1940

Inscr. on reverse, ‘London. Winter Scene. No.2’.
Pencil and watercolour, 11 3/8×15 1/2 (29×39·5).
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940.
Coll: Purchased by the C.A.S. from the artist through Arthur Tooth & Sons 1940.
Lit: Bertram, 1955, p.281.

One of a number of watercolours painted from the artist's room at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, where he stayed for a few days early in 1940. ‘London: Winter Scene No.1’ belongs to Miss Patricia Raeburn.

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