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Kimmeridgian Ghost. The Turtle
Maker
1889-1946
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Date of Production
Medium
Dimensions
Width: 58.1 cm
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Mode of Acquisition
Credit
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Location
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Nash works for Canada, Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1949
Paul Nash: new watercolours and others of various dates, Redfern Gallery, London, 04/06/1942-04/07/1942
Literature
pp. 80, 103, 133
pl. 118a
Causey, Andrew, Paul Nash, Oxford 1980
p. 458
no. 1102
Includes that the drawing was exhibited at Tate in 1948 and Morley College 1972 as well as the exhibitions noted below
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: “Paul Nash”. Verso: upper centre, graphite, titled: “Kimmeridgian ghost. The turtle”; upper right corner, graphite, circled: “30”.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Frame backboard, Verso: printed in black and filled in with typewriter: “The REDFERN GALLERY Ltd. / 20 Cork Street / Burlington Gardens / Bond Street, London, W.1 / Title “Kimmeridgian Ghost, the / Turtle” / Artist PAUL NASH / Purchase, Dr. Alastair Hunter / Date June 1942.”; printed in black: “132 [underlined in graphite] / GHOST OF THE TURTLE / 1942 / Lent by Dr. Alastair Hunter / [the following added in blue ballpoint] 35, Medfield Street / Roehampton Village. S.W15”; printed in black and filled in with typewriter: “SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART / Exhibition: Paul Nash / Date of exhibition: July 19 to August 11 / 1974 / Catalogue no: 19. / Description: Ghost of the Turtle. / Kimmeridge 1942 / Owner: A Private Collector”; printed in blue and filled in with blue ballpoint: “The Tate Gallery / LENDER DR. A Hunter / ADDRESS 35 Medfield Street / Roehampton Village / LONDON SW15 / ARTIST Paul Nash. / TITLE Ghost of the Turtle / EXHIBITION PAUL NASH. / DATES / CAT NO / EX CATALOGUE”; printed in black and filled in with typewriter: “BRITISH COUNCIL – FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT / OWNER / NAME Dr. Alastair Hunter / ADDRESS Pelhurst, Tookery Way, Haywards Heath, / Sussex [the former address all crossed out in black ink] / WORK / TITLE Ghost of the Turtle / ARTIST Paul Nash / EXHIBITION / OF PAUL NASH WORKS FOR CANADA / 1949/50 No. / 44 [this number added in brown ink] No.”; lower right, printed in red, the numbers filled in with graphite: “Box 5 / No. 5 / THE ELSIE PERRIN WILLIAMS MEMORIAL / ART MUSEUM / LONDON, CANADA”.
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