Flight of the Magnolia
Watercolour
1944 (made)
1944 (made)
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Image depicting an unfurling magnolia blossom in flight.
Object details
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| Title | Flight of the Magnolia (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, 'Flight of the Magnolia', Paul Nash, Great Britain, 1944 |
| Physical description | Image depicting an unfurling magnolia blossom in flight. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Paul and Margaret Nash Trust in accordance with the wishes of Margaret Nash |
| Object history | This watercolour was on loan from Margaret Nash to the Museum from 1960. It is a tracing of the original watercolour of 1944 now in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California (see Margot Eates, Paul Nash, 1948, Pl.119; Paul Nash, Outline 1949, repr. p.253), in preparation for the oil painting of 1945, now in the Tate (ref: T07552). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.20-1962 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2010 |
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