In its first major Prints auction since the record sale of Edvard Munch's 'Madonna' for £1,252,000 in July, Bonhams is featuring a dramatic image by the renowned First World War artist, CRW Nevinson.
Nerves of An Army, from 1918, is archetypal Nevinson and influenced the classic anti-war film, Oh What a Lovely War.
It shows four soldiers perched at the top of a telegraph pole, the angles of the men's bodies juxtaposed with the pole's cross struts and the communication lines they are mending.
 CRW Nevinson's Nerves of An Army from 1918 |
So stark is this image that Richard Attenborough used it in his directorial debut film, the classic, Oh What A Lovely War.
"Certain images in my movies have been directly influenced by art," said Attenborough.
"Nevinson's etching of four soldiers up a telegraph pole during the First World War is painstakingly recreated in my first film as a director."
The piece will auction in London on November 30, estimated at £12,000-18,000.
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