Martin's Hovel
Etching, 1927, Garton 3 (iii/III), edition 50. 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression from the first edition of 50 impressions by Nicholson. There were two subsequent editions; one in 1974 by the Penn Print Room (50 impressions) and another in 1984 by Garton & Co (12 impressions). This stellar, early work was done in Wiltshire and the Church in the background is St. Nicholas's at Biddestone. Tanner was inspired by Samuel Palmer and William Morris. He worked in the traditional English pastoral style of Paul Drury and Graham Sutherland.
$2,000