Paling (formerly 'A Tent overhung with Trees')
Maker
(artist)
1889-1946
1889-1946
Title
Paling (formerly 'A Tent overhung with Trees')
Date of Production
1924-1925
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 56.5 cm
Width: 38.8 cm
Width: 38.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.SC.40
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932 (16 December)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Ernest, Brown & Phillips (aka Leicester Galleries) (London), November 1928; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947), 24 November 1928 (£21); Courtauld Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Modern movement in British watercolour painting, Norwich Castle Museum, 1957-58 (Dec.-Feb.)
Brothers in arms: John and Paul Nash and the aftermath of the Great War, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 19/07/2014-14/09/2014
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...More
Brothers in arms: John and Paul Nash and the aftermath of the Great War, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 19/07/2014-14/09/2014
Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...More
Literature
Causey, Andrew, Paul Nash, Oxford 1980
no. 448, p. 388
dated 1924, and exhibited Leicester Galleries in this year
Eates, Margot, Paul Nash the master of the image 1889-1946, London 1973
p. 121
dated circa 1928
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 168 ...More
Eates, Margot, Paul Nash. Paintings, drawings and illustrations, London 1949
p. 49 under no. 25
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 43, no. 40 ...Less
no. 448, p. 388
dated 1924, and exhibited Leicester Galleries in this year
Eates, Margot, Paul Nash the master of the image 1889-1946, London 1973
p. 121
dated circa 1928
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 168 ...More
Eates, Margot, Paul Nash. Paintings, drawings and illustrations, London 1949
p. 49 under no. 25
Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 43, no. 40 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Verso, lower left corner: "HAND MADE" and at lower right corner: "J WHATMA[...]".
Inscription: Recto (within the drawing): colour notes all in graphite at upper centre "In", below that "Gte" and lower right "DKer"; lower left corner, graphite, signed twice: "Paul Nash". Verso: lower centre, graphite, second line partly crossed out and partly underlined: “2 / no line incised”; lower right, graphite, circled: “21N” and below that “30 x 22 […]bat / 80 Bak [sic] plain” and below that “Woodlands”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto (within the drawing): colour notes all in graphite at upper centre "In", below that "Gte" and lower right "DKer"; lower left corner, graphite, signed twice: "Paul Nash". Verso: lower centre, graphite, second line partly crossed out and partly underlined: “2 / no line incised”; lower right, graphite, circled: “21N” and below that “30 x 22 […]bat / 80 Bak [sic] plain” and below that “Woodlands”.
Collector's mark: none.
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