Four Designs for London Transport Green Line Coach Advertisements: to Chalfont St. Giles; Crawley; Great Bookham and Whipsnade, not dated
set of 4
woodcut
each 6.5 x 8.8 cm, mounted in two common frames
one example indistinctly inscribed in pencil (beneath the mount)
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Four Designs for London Transport Green Line Coach Advertisements: to Chalfont St. Giles; Crawley; Great Bookham and Whipsnade, not dated
Provenance:
with The Robert Harling Collection
Exhibition History:
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Prints and Printmaking, 1 February – 30 April 2011; Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 21 April – 28 June 2015; Chichester, Otter Gallery, University of Chichester, Circles of Influence: British Art 1915-50 – A Diarist’s Perspective, 6 February – 19 April 2016
Eric Ravilious was invited by the then publicity officer of London Transport, Christian Barman, to design printed imagery for the campaign to promote London’s Green Line Coaches. The works depicts the four images used to promote the routes to Chalfont St. Giles, Crawley, Great Bookham and Whipsnade.
