Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A (British, 1889-1946)


The Workers (Black 59) Lithograph, 1919, on Japan paper, signed and dated in pencil, from the edition of fifty, with wide margins, two small scuffs with associated ink loss in the upper left subject, otherwise in good condition Image 512 x 350mm; Sheet 622 x 438mm.
|The Workers was exhibited under the title Strikers on Tower Hill at the Leicester Galleries in 1919. The image was a response to the demonstrations which were taking place in many British cities after the war, when unions were demanding better rights for workers. The strength of the workers' cause is emphasized by the imposing edifice of the dockyard warehouse. The timing of the exhibition had an added resonance as it coincided with a national rail strike where the power of the unions defeated the government.