ELEMENTAL, c.1946
Ink. 9¾ x 9¾in. (24.8 x 24.8cm.)
Inscribed on the reverse of the frame with the artist’s name, the title and, c.1946
Provenance
National Trust bequest.
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, 1947, (drawings), No. 11.
An elemental is a spirit formed of one of the elements. The five elementals of hermetic writings are salamanders (fire), sylphs (air), undines (water), gnomes (earth) and spirit (akasha).
See Elemental (1971) for another work with the same name.