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Whiteleaf Cross (circa 1921)

Paul Nash

oil

Whereabouts unknown

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Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1921; presented to ...; whereabouts unknown
Whiteleaf Cross is an ancient cross carved into the side of a hill in The Chilterns near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The antique mystery of the cross had a special significance for Nash. A 1931 painting of the same subject is in the collection of The Whitworth, University of Manchester (O.1979.2).

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