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Winter

Print
1922 (printed), 1922 (published)
Artist/Maker
Nash, Paul (artist)

Wood engraving on paper depicting a wood in winter with bare trees and dark skies.

Object details

Categories
Illustration
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleWinter (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Wood-Engraving (Process)
Brief description
'Winter', book illustration by Paul Nash (1889-1946), 1922.
Physical description
Wood engraving on paper depicting a wood in winter with bare trees and dark skies.
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated in pencil 'Paul Nash. 1921.'
Gallery label
(2017)
Display 'Into the Woods: Trees in Illustration'; Gallery 102; June 2017 to the end of January 2018

Paul Nash (1889-1946)

Plates (6) from 'Places', by Paul Nash, published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1922

1921-22

Recovering from a severe nervous breakdown in 1921, Nash made seven wood-engravings for 'Places', a volume of his own prose poems. Each print is a 'visual equivalent' for the text, and depicts a location which had a significance for the artist. These sombre scenes are based on real landscapes, but the compositions emphasise the symbolic role of trees as guardians and as stand-ins for human figures.

Wood-engravings

Museum nos. E.1456 to E.1461-1922
Object history
This print is plate five of seven by Paul Nash for the book Places, London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1922. 22p, ill. The book was published in two editions in December 1922. An initial edition of 50 was produced directly from the wood blocks and a further edition of 210 copies was reproduced from impressions of the wood blocks.
Subjects depicted
Forests
Trees
Leaf (Plant Material)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1460-1922

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Record createdOctober 18, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128678/winter-print-nash-paul/
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