Dave McKean
BLACK DOG: THE DREAMS OF PAUL NASH
10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
SEPTEMBER 24TH TO OCTOBER 25TH 2026
Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash was commissioned by 14-18Now, the Imperial War Museum and the Lakes Festival as part of First World War centenary commemorations. The graphic novel and live performance trace British landscape artist Paul Nash’s time as an officer in Ypres and how war transformed both his art and character. He entered as a young, idealistic symbolist and emerged hardened, angry, expressive and politically committed—not simply an “artist”, but a “messenger” driven to show people at home the truth of war, “wipe the cant and lies from English life”, and reveal how violence against the land reflects the violence we inflict on one another.
The exhibition presents original pages and drawings from the graphic novel, offering a rare glimpse into the book’s creative process.
It also includes several works by Paul Nash.
Additional featured artists include John Nash, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
See below for original works from the book by Dave McKean.
Click here for a PDF catalogue
1:Background for interior page. Chapter 7. . Mixed media on paper £700 42x30cm
2: Portrait of Paul Nash. Lithograph 38x57cm £300
3: Black Dog exhibition poster. Signed. Edition of 10. £130
4: Chapter 1. Wood Lane House, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Mixed media on paper 39x28cm £1200
5: Chapter 4: St Martin – in – the Fields Church, London. Ink on paper 35x37cm £300
6: Chapter 5. Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Ink on paper 20x23cm £400
7: Chapter 6: Military Hospital, Gosport. If you are still with us Mr Nash, you will have to tend the dead. Mixed media on paper 42x30cm £600
8: Chapter 6. Military Hospital, Gosport. Mixed media on Paper 42x30cm £900
9: Chapter 6.Military Hospital, Gosport. Mixed media on paper 54x54cm £1400
10: Chapter 7. The Planes Preparatory School, Greenwich, London Mixed Media on paper 38x56cm £2500
11: Chapter 7. The Planes Preparatory School, Greenwich, London. Mixed media on paper 38x56cm £2500
12 : Chapter 9: Ypres Salient. Mixed media on paper 27.5x75cm £1500
13: Chapter 10. Eric Kennington was a Bird Giclee print. Edition of 5 51x69cm £400
14: Chapter 10. Eric Kennington showed me what it is to be an artist.. Ink on Paper 42x59cm £900
15: Chapter 10: Ypres Salient. At school, I had a friend who was a bird. Mixed media on paper 34x31cm £600
16: Chapter 11. Swedish Hospital, London. Mixed media on paper 42x59cm £3000
17: Chapter 12. Ypres Salient My brother was also at Ypres, but our paths only crossed once. Mixed media on paper. 26.5x28.5cm £3000
18: Chapter 12: Ypres Salient. Jack?. Mixed media on paper 55x75cm £3000
19: Chapter 12. Ypres Salient. They were like…a flock of sheep asleep in a field, if you can imagine that, they were that thick on the ground. Mixed media on paper 55x75cm £3000
20: Chapter 15: Queen Square Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. Mixed media on paper 42x59cm £3000
21. Page from Simon Armitage Poem Mixed Media on paper 57x78cm £4000
Additional works
Paul Nash Winter Wood Wood Engraving 1922 Signed £4000
Paul Nash Black Poplar Pond Wood Engraving 1921 Signed £4000
Paul Nash Dark Lake Wood Engraving 1921 Signed £3200
Paul Nash Abstract 2 Wood Engraving 1926 Signed £3500
Barbara Hepworth Oblique Forms Lithograph £1950
Barbara Hepworth Sun and Water Lithograph £4000
Ben Nicholson Abstract 1936 Lithograph £9500
Tirzah Ravilious Yawning Original woodcut. 1929 Printed at the Curwen Studio in an edition of 80. A copy of the numbered justification page will accompany this piece. £850
Eric Ravilious Harvest Year Set Wood Engravings £5400
Eric Ravilious Prosperina Wood Engraving Signed £3950
Eric Ravilious Set of Four Headings Wood Engravings £650
Henry Moore Four Silhouette Figures Lithograph £1750
Henry Moore Mother and Child with Border Design Lithograph £2500
Henry Moore Reclining Figure Lithograph £1500
Henry Moore Three Reclining Figures with Land Lithograph £1950
John Nash Nude Studies Charcoal £1750
John Nash Seated Nude with Two Bathers Pencil and wash £1950
John Nash Standing Nude (rear view) Pencil £1950
John Nash Trees by an Estuary Pencil £1850
John Nash Bee orchid Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Decoration Autumn Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Goat and Kid Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Goat Wood Engraving £275
John Nash The Cornfield Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Tibby and Patch Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Tree Stumps in a Wood Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Trees Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Whiteleaf Cross Wood Engraving £275
John Nash Wild Arums Wood Engraving £275
Paul Nash Death of Bosphorus Wood Engraving £295 Original wood engraving from Mister Bosphorus and the Muses. Words by Ford Maddox Brown. Published in 1923.
Paul Nash Rufus Clay, The Foreigner Wood Engraving £325 Original wood engraving, 1921 From Cotswold Characters by John Drinkwater, illustrated by Paul Nash.
Paul Nash Thesiger Crowne, The Mason Wood Engraving £325 Original wood engraving, 1921 From Cotswold Characters by John Drinkwater, illustrated by Paul Nash.