Current Inventory by Christopher Nevinson

From Waterloo Bridge

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946), From Waterloo Bridge, drypoint, aquatint, plate tone, 1925, signed in pencil lower right, from the edition of 40. In very good condition (very slight tone); on cream wove with margins, 11 x 6 15/16, the sheet 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches, archival matting.
A fine atmospheric impression.
Nevinson apparently achieved the brilliant effect of moonlight on the Thames through the use of aquatint and careful wiping of the plate, as well as drypoint.
Traditionally it’s thought that Nevinson became disillusioned with modernist movements after the War, and renounced the futurism and cubism [...]

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Making the Engine

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946), Making the Engine, lithograph, 1917, signed, dated, and numbered (55) in pencil lower margin. Reference: Leicester Galleries 27, Imperial War Museum 57.  With condition issues: several soft folds and flattened creases, generally unobtrusive but some across matrix; about a dozen (repaired) tears in the margins and stopping just outside of the matrix, one about 1/2 inch into matrix upper left. Printed on a warm white wove with the watermark Holbein. The full sheet, 15 3/4 x 11 15/16, the sheet 20 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches, archival mounting.
A fine [...]

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