Lot 899 , § Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946) Aerial view (from a Paris Plane) 17 x 20.5in.
§ Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946)
lithograph
Aerial view (from a Paris Plane)
signed in pencil
17 x 20.5in.
Estimate £800-1,200
Lithograph on paper laid down onto a card backing, with a buff coloured card mount stuck down onto the margins, undulation showing, some slight discolouration of the ground paper colour particularly around the margins and notably across the bottom where in some areas it appears that some old glue marking has been retouched in white, this falls approx. 1cm beyond the edge of the image, otherwise one or two light fox marks and a little dirt marking, one or two tiny paper surface tears, but essentially honest condition, signed in pencil lower right, housed in the original slim ebonised frame. Leicester Galleries Exhibition label verso, along with a Bourlet label. Not glazed.
Image is 45cm x 52cm or 16in x 19.75in, the amount of overall visible area of the print is 44cm or 17.25in. by 52cm or 20.5in.
Provenance - Deceased Estate and Leicester Galleries
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Sold for £9,000