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Meeting Place

Print
1922 (printed), 1922 (published)
Artist/Maker
Nash, Paul (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Wood engraving on paper depicting a male and female nude in a forest setting. The female is reclining in the left foreground while the man stands in the right middle ground.

Object details

Categories
Illustration
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMeeting Place (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
wood engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Wood-Engraving (Process)
Brief description
'Meeting Place', book illustration by Paul Nash (1889-1946). 1922.
Physical description
Wood engraving on paper depicting a male and female nude in a forest setting. The female is reclining in the left foreground while the man stands in the right middle ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm (Note: from catalogue)
  • Width: 15.2cm (Note: from catalogue)
  • Frame height: 610mm
  • Frame width: 815mm
  • Frame depth: 25mm
Framed as part of a group of prints including E.4768-1960 to E.4776-1960.
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed by the artist with the title in English and French (the latter erased)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Margaret Nash, widow of the Artist
Object history
This print is plate one 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
Nudes
Forests
Trees
Leaf (Plant Material)
Bibliographic references
  • Clear Skies and Storm Clouds. Visions of Buckinghamshire between the Wars Buckinghamshire County Museum exhibition leaflet.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4770-1960

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Record createdOctober 17, 2006
Record URL
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