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JONES, David (1895 - 1974)

© Estate of David Jones
Date: 1930
Media: oil on board
Size: 51.8 x 69.7 cm
Acquired: 1988; Gift; Mrs Doreen Lucas
Accession Number: NMW A 2041
This work dates from the time of the artist's closest association with the British avant-garde, a year after joining the Seven and Five Society. Jones excelled as a still-life artist, but painted few oil paintings. Here, the paint has been thinned with turpentine so that the white ground shows through, giving the work a luminosity reminiscent of his favourite technique of watercolour painting.
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