Home Counties; no. 4 Kent
Although perhaps best known for his powerful war-related works and his earlier association with Futurism, between 1921 and 1939, Nevinson also made posters advertising public transportation. Like other posters commissioned by Frank Pick for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London and later London Transport, Home Counties: no. 4 Kent was intended to promote commuting and holiday travel via trains, trams, buses, and underground trains. In contrast to posters that used a hard-edged modernism to convey the hustle and bustle of city life, Nevinson’s works feature bucolic images of the British countryside and leisure activities. British domestic travel became popular during the interwar decades, with many people, especially city dwellers, visiting both suburbs and more rural areas, often aided by guidebooks promoting activities and sites to visit.
Artwork Details
- Title: Home Counties; no. 4 Kent
- Artist: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British, London 1889–1946 London)
- Printer: Avenue Press, Ltd.
- Publisher: United Electric Company (Canton, Ohio)
- Date: 1924
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 40 × 25 in. (101.6 × 63.5 cm)
- Classification: Posters
- Credit Line: Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, PECO Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.592.195
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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