Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946) MT (Motor Transport) (Black 43)

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946)

MT (Motor Transport) (Black 43)

The very rare woodcut printed in brown, 1918, an excellent impression, signed in pencil, from the edition of 12, on oriental laid, with margins, image 214 x 285mm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4in) (framed)

This print was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in March 1918. Jonathan Black notes "The experience of being picked up by a lorry- known as 'lorry jumping' - either when returning from a rare ten days' leave (which a British soldier in the ranks might expect to be given every 14 to 18 months), or setting out for Calais or Boulogne to catch a leave ship home, was depicted in the early 1918 woodcut MT. From the glum expressions and the skilfully delineated dejected body language of the troops in the back of the lorry, one can imagine the former scenario is presented in MT. This was one of a handful of woodcuts Nevinson produced in 1918-19, no more than four or five in total." (Black, C.R.W Nevinson: The complete prints, page.36).