Modern British Prints
Hover over the painting to magnify (there may be an initial delay while the magnified image is loaded)Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989):
Fish, 1923/4
Framed (ref: 9195)
Linocut on tracing paper, with touches of watercolour
Image size: 4 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (12 x 24.1 cm)
Paper size: 5 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (15 x 34.5 cm)
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Provenance: Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd
This linocut was made by Bawden in around 1923 when he was a student at The Royal College of Art.
There are only two recorded copies of this print
Possibly inspired by a mackrel the opportunity for pattern making have taken precedence over accuracy.
ref. 8933
We are grateful to Peyton Skipwith for assistance.
