LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) THE YORKSHIRE COAST. 1929.
39 1/4x49 inches, 99 3/4x124 1/2 cm. John Waddington, London.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges and in image.
Laura Knight was a pioneering female artist and a practitioner of, among other styles, British Impressionism. Knight painted an image of herself painting a nude in 1913, was made a "Dame" in 1929 and became the first woman elected into 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. We haven't found another copy at auction since 1997. RARE. Railway p. 135, Voyage p. 85, Tourism 50, Furness vol. 2, p. 109.