Gravel pit deep in the forest, sunset

Name: JOHN NASH, R.A. (LONDON 1893-1977 COLCHESTER)
Brand: Gravel pit deep in the forest, sunset
Price: 22000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 27,720

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JOHN NASH, R.A. (LONDON 1893-1977 COLCHESTER)

Gravel pit deep in the forest, sunset

Price Realised GBP 27,720

JOHN NASH, R.A. (LONDON 1893-1977 COLCHESTER)
Gravel pit deep in the forest, sunset
ink and watercolour on paper
11³⁄₈ x 9 in. (28.9 x 22.9 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 17 November 2015, lot 68 (part), where puchased by the present owner.

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Lot Essay

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.