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The present work is a wonderful example of Nash’s intimate landscapes. Executed in watercolour and ink, the drawing depicts a dense thicket of trees crowding a small gravel pit cut into the landscape, presenting both a focal point and a disruption in the landscape. Andrew Lambirth notes how Nash would often search the landscape for gravel pits, ponds and tree stumps to paint, preferring to focus on shapes in the foreground and mid-ground to looking out to the distance (John Nash: Artist & Countryman, Norwich, 2019, p. 271).
We are very grateful to Andrew Lambirth for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Ink and watercolour on paper. Examined out of the frame. The work is secured at each reverse corner to a supporting non acidic mount. The work is presented within a window mount. The upper extreme edge is uneven, and the two lower corners are rounded, consistent with the artist's working method. There is minor surface dirt and time staining to the sheet. Subject to the above the work appears to be in very good overall condition.
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Lot 89Sale 21183
Gravel pit deep in the forest, sunsetJOHN NASH, R.A. (LONDON 1893-1977 COLCHESTER)Estimate: GBP 3,000 - 5,000
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