59 - John N. Nash CBE RA,

John N. Nash CBE RA, British 1893-1977 - Rubus Odoratus, c.1926; ink on paper, signed in ink with initials lower right and extensively inscribed across sheet, including lower left 'from the Listener', 31 x 22.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with New Grafton Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); Private Collection Note: the present work is likely an illustration for 'The Listener' magazine. Alongside his brother and renowned artist Paul Nash, John Nash was commissioned as an official war artist in WWI. He was also a close contemporary of artists such as Eric Ravilious, Cedric Morris, Dora Carrington and Edward Bawden. Many works by the artist are in public collections including The Courtauld, Tate Britain and the Imperial War Museum in London, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Major retrospectives of Nash's work were held at the Royal Academy, London in 1967 and the Towner Eastbourne in 2021.