LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) THE YORKSHIRE COAST. 1929.
39½x49¼ inches, 100¼x125 cm. John Waddington Ltd., London.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears at edges; minor creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds.
Laura Knight was a pioneering female artist and a practitioner of British Impressionism, among other styles. Knight painted an image of herself painting a nude in 1913, was made a "Dame" in 1929 and became the first woman elected to the Royal Academy in 1936. From humble origins, she focused much of her art on disenfranchised groups, such as gypsies and performers. She designed seven posters for London Transport and this stand-out design for the LNER featuring girls playing catch on a Yorkshire beach. Rare. Railway p. 135, Voyage p. 85, Tourism 50, Furness vol. 2, p. 109, Posters & Publicity 1929 p. 54.