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CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946) NOW / BACK THE BAYONETS. 1918. 29x18 3/4 inches, 73 3/4x47 1/2 cm. Condition B+ / B: losses, abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears at edges; faded. Framed. "This poster, one of the few designed by Nevinson . . . reflects a Vorticist obsession with guns, short harsh words and thrusting angular shapes, together with Nevinson's own fondness for silhouettes against the sky" (IWM p. 44). This poster first appeared with lettering advertising an exhibition of Nevison's front-line pictures of the war and was later reissued by the government in this form as a fundraising incentive. It is considered one of the most progressively designed British posters of the First World War, noted for its Vorticist design elements and "futurist lettering" (IWM p. 69). IWM p. 44 (variation), Darracott p. 61 (var), War Posters 86.
