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EDWARD ADRIAN WILSON (BRITISH 1872-1912)TWO VIEWS OF DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (1899)PencilOne inscribed and dated 'Flüela Pass. Davos. 1899' (lower left), the other inscribed 'Davos. Platz. Tinzenhorn. '99' (lower right)18.3 x 23.6cm (7 x 9¼ in.) (2)UnframedProvenance:By descent from the artist until soldSale, Christie's, The Polar Sale, 25 September 2001, lot 143 (part lot), where bought by the present ownerThe Flüela Pass is the high mountain pass which connects Davos to the Engadin Valley. Wilson was sent to Davos to help his recovery from TB in October 1898 and remained in the Alps until the following May. Initially he was not allowed to do much, but the sanitorium relented and Wilson was able to wander and paint freely. It was whilst he was in Davos, concentrating on improving his artistic skills, that he began to sophisticate the colour memorisation technique that he had conceived whilst at Cambridge. He would sketch rapidly in pencil, make colour notes and then on his return to his room, he would precisely recall the colours of a subject, whether animal or landscape. This technique was to prove invaluable on his later Antarctic expeditions.