Battleship Firing Guns And The Sinking Of A Cruiser By George Tuckwell Original Art

A 9'' by 10" pen and ink drawing with watercolor wash showing the firing of big guns and the sinking of a German Cruiser with lives lost at sea. Signed by George Tuckwell with ink and pencil notations on the bottom and back designating the position of the item in the book; "Fighting Ships" by George Tuckwell. One of a kind illustration art used exclusively for the book.

George Arthur Tuckwell, artist (1919-2000). Not much is known about the artist except the few works of art that have come to the market. It appears that he was also a book illustrator or worked on several books, including one titled "Fighting Ships" a story of the history of ships from the very early period to modern sea and air ships. This is a collection of George Tuckwell watercolors from that book. Tuckwell's draftsmanship of the ships are clean and well executed. His images of people follow his artistic lean toward the abstract. images for a book entitled Fighting Ships.

Notes: Used with pencil notations and some minor staining present. Artist signed in pencil plus notations on where items should be displayed in the book. On artist board, unframed

$25 - $50

10" x 0.01" x 9"

Fine Art, Works on Paper

20%

Richard Gabriel | (781) 883-6639 | gabriel@calixbooks.com

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