Henry Edion, Rocketry, 1970

Henry Edion 1905-1987

Rocketry, 1970

pen and ink on paper

50.5 x 35 cm

and dated (lower right): 'Edion 1970'

2012-1993-51

Photo: Bridgeman images

Edion's work which typically employed thick black lines, strong colours and a sense of humour, was strongly influenced by the threat of nuclear war; rockets were a common motif. Here,...

Provenance

presented by Paul and Mary Rees and Pat and Alex Gilmour

Literature

Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 121.

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