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Lot 19

Paul Nash
(1889-1946)
Mine Crater, Hill 60

15 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£12,000 - £18,000

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Paul Nash (1889-1946)

Mine Crater, Hill 60 (Postan L1)
Lithograph, 1917, on Antique deluxe laid paper, signed, dated Dec 1917 and numbered 18/25 in pencil, possibly the full sheet, with two skilfully flattened vertical creases along the right edge, other minor repairs, otherwise in good condition, framed

Image 350 x 454mm. (13 3/4 x 17 7/8in.);
Sheet 460 x 580mm. (18 1/8 x 22 7/8in.)

Footnotes

The scene depicted is at Messines in West Flanders, where the Allies dug a series of tunnels under the enemy lines and filled them with explosives. On 7 June 1917, the explosives were detonated simultaneously, devastating the German front line and creating 19 large craters. Nash was serving with the Artist's Rifles in one of the trenches, but the day before the offensive he had broken a rib and was invalided home. So, this may be a tribute to his fallen colleagues. Having witnessed the battle of Passchendaele, Nash was well aware of how to depict the desolation of a destroyed landscape.

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