Signed with monogram l.l.: PN and inscribed under mount and dated Cagnes/1926 with further dedication (verso)

Coloured crayon, 22 by 14 cm

Provenance: Oliver and Ruth Simon (a gift from the artist)

The present work comes from a group of drawings by Nash, all made using distinctive light coloured crayons and pencils during an extended period of time spent on the French Riviera in 1926. The influence of Continental European Art is evident even in smaller works like this, particularly the work of Giorgio de Chirico (whose paintings would go on to inform Nash's own Surrealist art in the following decade). This drawing was given as a New Year gift to Oliver and Ruth Simon. Oliver Simon a close friend and correspondent of Nash was typographer at the Curwen Press and worked on some of the artist's greatest works as an illustrator.