Beschreibung:

Dudley Short, Norman, 1882-1951 A collection of 23 original one-line drawings, circa 1920-1950, 23 pen & ink or black crayon drawings on paper, including 14 mounted on card, 6 initialled N.D.S., and 3 initialled S., various sizes, the largest sheet size 22 x 20 cm (8.8 x 8 ins), the smallest 11.5 x 9.4 cm (4.6 x 3.7 ins), together with a small archive of documents and paperwork relating to the artist, including a letter from C.G. Holmes of The Studio addressed to the artist, dated 18th July 1923, a pencil portrait of Dudley Short by Severin, entitled Samurai Short, various newscuttings from magazines, including Drawing & Design, New English Weekly, 3 printed broadsides by the artist, entitled A Gay Dog, A Dull Dog, and Oh Alfred! (including 2 duplicates of A Dull Dog), 4 pages of a handwritten manuscript account by the artist of his drawing technique, circa 1950, and a sequence of correspondence from the artist's daughter concerning an exhibition of Dudley Short's work to be held at The Cross-Keys Gallery, Beaconsfield, taking place in January 1969, 4 wood engravings by Molly Dudley Short, etc The 'one-line' drawings of Norman Dudley Short were frequently printed or reproduced in journals and magazines between the 1920s and 1940s, including The Studio, Apollo, New English Weekly, Drawing & Design, and elsewhere. A one-man exhibition of his work took place at the Little Art Rooms, Duke Street, London, in 1923, Brook Street Art Gallery in 1944, The Chelsea Gallery in 1949, and a posthumous retrospective at the Cross-Keys Gallery in Beaconsfield in 1969. (Qty: A FOLDER)