"In Youth Is Pleasure" 1944 WELCH, Denton (SOLD) Textiles First published in 1959

First published in 1959

Colour Lithograph

that explores themes of decadence and pleasure in a colony near the Red Sea

the features editor and a writer (respectively) for London’s Harpers & Queens magazine

Image Sz: 10 1/2"H x 13 1/4"W

"In Youth Is Pleasure" 1944 WELCH, Denton (SOLD) Textiles First published in 1959WELCH, Denton [154] pp. George Routledge & Sons 1944 7 1 2" x 5 1 4" VG VG Against the backdrop of an English country hotel in a languid pre war summer, Denton Welch's alter ego, Orvil Pym, examines his early life and formative experiences with a Proustian intensity. An adolescent voyeur, Orvil takes pleasure in the microscopic observation of his relatives and fellow guests, charting their eccentricities and love affairs as faithfully as he exposes