Photo By Gail

In 1930, Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) traveled to the South of France, staying in a hotel by the sea. The image in Harbour and Room (1932–36) derives from a reflection of a ship in the large mirror which hung in front of his bed. The critic Herbert Read, admired Nash’s response to surrealism, writing “he has dared to transform the English tradition.” In 1936, Harbour and Room was included in both the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and Fantastic Art, Dada, and Surrealism in New York City.

Photographed in the Tate Modern Museum in London.