Totems, Old Shipyard, Rye

Inscriptions

Written in black ink on verso: "Printed from Paul Nash's/original negative./This was illustrated in/the artist's book of his/photographs,/'Fertile Image'/plate No.62./"Totems, Old Shipyard, Rye" (bought from Margaret/Nash.)/1951." Written in blue ink: "Mrs. Paul Nash/Copyright" Written in pencil: "62"

Provenance

Margaret Nash (Estate of Paul Nash); James Laver, London (1951); N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish, London; Russ Anderson, personal collection (1992)

Quick Overview

Artist: Paul Nash (British, 1889–1946)
Date: 1932
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 20.5 x 13.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.9 x 14.2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: L. E. Holden Fund
Accession no.: 2008.49

More by Paul Nash in museum collections

The Bull Ring, Ronda, Spain
Paul Nash
1934 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00013271

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.