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£3,500  £1,750

Presentation: Framed

Gouache, 14 x 28 1/2 in. (35.5 cm x 71 cm.)
Provenance: Illustration House, USA; Private collection.

In a gilded pendentive-shaped frame

The State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA was started in 1915 and completed in 1925.  The scheme consisted of four pendentives each 731.5 cm high (24 ft), 146.3 cm (48ft) wide at the top and 457 cm (15ft) wide at the base; additionally there were 8 lower dome panels approximately 487  x 853 cm (16 x 28 ft).

Dean Cornwell, one of the most successful American illustrators of the first half of the Twentieth Century worked as Brangwyn's assistant from 1926-1930.   Dr Libby Horner has suggested that Cornwell - who frequently outlined his own designs in blue - produced this sketch of the recently finished State Capitol murals to demonstrate his skill to Brangwyn whom he hoped would employ him as a studio assistant.  His desire to work as Brangywn's assistant at this point was to benefit from Brangwyn's experience as one of the most successful living muralists: Cornwell was shortly to start work on his own project, a commission for the Rotonda of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1927-32.

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£3,500  £1,750

Presentation: Framed

Gouache, 14 x 28 1/2 in. (35.5 cm x 71 cm.)
Provenance: Illustration House, USA; Private collection.

In a gilded pendentive-shaped frame

The State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA was started in 1915 and completed in 1925.  The scheme consisted of four pendentives each 731.5 cm high (24 ft), 146.3 cm (48ft) wide at the top and 457 cm (15ft) wide at the base; additionally there were 8 lower dome panels approximately 487  x 853 cm (16 x 28 ft).

Dean Cornwell, one of the most successful American illustrators of the first half of the Twentieth Century worked as Brangwyn's assistant from 1926-1930.   Dr Libby Horner has suggested that Cornwell - who frequently outlined his own designs in blue - produced this sketch of the recently finished State Capitol murals to demonstrate his skill to Brangwyn whom he hoped would employ him as a studio assistant.  His desire to work as Brangywn's assistant at this point was to benefit from Brangwyn's experience as one of the most successful living muralists: Cornwell was shortly to start work on his own project, a commission for the Rotonda of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1927-32.

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£2,000  £1,000

Presentation: Passe-partout

Gouache,
16 x 12 in. (41 x 30.5 cm)

Provenance: Private collection, America

The State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA was started in 1915 and completed in 1925.  The scheme consisted of four pendentives each 731.5 cm high (24 ft), 146.3 cm (48ft) wide at the top and 457 cm (15ft) wide at the base; additionally there were 8 lower dome panels approximately 487  x 853 cm (16 x 28 ft).

Dean Cornwell, one of the most successful American illustrators of the first half of the Twentieth Century worked as Brangwyn's assistant from 1926-1930.   Dr Libby Horner has suggested that Cornwell - who frequently outlined his own designs in blue - produced this sketch of the recently finished State Capitol murals to demonstrate his skill to Brangwyn whom he hoped would employ him as a studio assistant.  His desire to work as Brangywn's assistant at this point was to benefit from Brangwyn's experience as one of the most successful living muralists: Cornwell was shortly to start work on his own project, a commission for the Rotonda of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1927-32.

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Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and water colour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

In a white gesso glazed frame

This is the original drawing for one of the 24 panels designed and excecuted by Dean Cornwell for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

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forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed

Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour

Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial,
situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.

Send image Biography To be included in a
forthcoming exhibition


Presentation: Framed
Charcoal and watercolour
Each 4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Literature: Patricia Janis Border , Dean Cornwell, Collectors Press, Inc., Portland, OR, 2000, p. 142.

These are the original designs for Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near the south-east edge of the village of Neupré, twelve miles south-west of Liège, Belgium. Cornwell, a NewYork artist, was commissioned to produce designs for twenty-four white marble panels depicting functions of Combat and service of supply, from data prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.The panels were fabricated by the Pandolfini firm of Piestrasanta in Italy and were painted in black, on white Carrara marble, the background of each picture being cut back and gilded, indicated by the yellow background of Cornwall’s drawings.