All texts copyright Richard Shillitoe
nest among leaves
c.1947
Watercolour and ink.
18 x 13in. (45.7 x 33cm.) (ss)
Provenance
Sold by the Mayor Gallery, 1947.
Private collection.
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, 1947, (drawings), no. 19.
This is one of the few super-automatist drawings in which the artist has developed a naturalistic
image, in this case bird’s eggs, from the curving lines.