The first of The Nobile Folios explores "Bathers 1917 18" by the acclaimed British painter Mark Gertler (1891 ?1939). The painting is set alongside Shaun Levin s original short story Trees at a Sanatorium .

Mark Gertler was born in Spitalfields in London s East End in 1891, the youngest son of Jewish immigrant parents. "Bathers 1917 18 "was painted when Gertler was only 26 and dates from a period of intensive research into Cezanne. Bathers is amongst his seminal works from the World War I period.

Shaun Levin s story Trees at a Sanatorium was written specifically for this publication....