Provenance
Esther Fitzgerald, London, from whom acquired by the present owner Catalogue note Established in 1925 by Gwen Pike and Elspeth Little at Durham Wharf, Hammersmith (later the home of artists Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan), the Footprints Workshop started life as a printing press for dress and furnishing fabrics using the traditional method of hand-block printing. Nash produced several designs for Footprints, alongside contemporaries such as Eric Kennington.
Catalog summary
PAUL NASH 1889-1946 UNTITLED block-printed linen 91 by 59cm.; 35¾ by 23¼in. Designed circa 1925 and printed by Footprints England. Provenance Esther Fitzgerald, London, from whom acquired by the present owner Catalogue note Established in 1925 by Gwen Pike and Elspeth Little at Durham Wharf, Hammersmith (later the home of artists Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan), the Footprints Workshop started life as a printing press for dress and furnishing fabrics using the traditional method of hand-block printing. Nash produced several designs for Footprints, alongside contemporaries such as Eric Kennington.