PROVENANCE The three works by Jack Crippen are from the collection of family from the late Lieutenant Colonel H T W Nolan who was with New Zealand Artillery in the Second Division and fought throughout the Italian campaign. Acquired directly from the artist.

Jack W Crippen had a fifty year association with the Auckland Art Society, which he joined at the age of twelve. Later he held a degree from the prestigious Slade School of Art at London University. He served in the Second World War acting as an unofficial war artist. Some of his artworks were included in the Exhibition of Official War Paintings by New Zealand Artists in 1952 Crippen worked as an art teacher at Auckland Grammar School for nearly 30 years.