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Oil and pencil on Windsor and Newton canvas
24 1/4 x 18 in. (61.5 x 45.8)
Horner 04091
This unfinished canvas, from the collection of Count William de Belleroche, combines a horizontal pencil study of figures on the shore in front of an anchored galleon, and an overpainted vertical study of a Tall Ship.
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Signed and inscribed with title in pencil
Red chalk over pencil
21 x 21 cm
Foxed
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Inscribed with title
Red chalk on buff paper
18 x 25 cm.
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Black wash, pen and ink with white highlights
20 x 15 cm.In a gilded oak flat section frame
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The original Lawrence's woodblock framed with print on verso side
Block: 15.2 x 10.5 cm
Print: 27.5 x 23 cm
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Tbe original woodblock cleaned, restored and framed with posthumous print on the verso .
Block: 4 x 4 3/8 in. (10.3 x 11 cm)
Print: 8 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (21 x 19.5 cm) on Hahnemühle Natural Line Vergé paper (100 g/m²)
Wood-cut as illustration for a book and a volume of poems.
A rare survival, (blocks are frequently discarded, or shaved down for re-use), these blocks offer an insight into the artist's working methods. From a design point of view they are amongst Brangwyn's most direct and successful compositions and a perfect expression of the extraordinary graphic vigour with which he created work. The blocks were cut by Brangwyn himself. We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for assistance.
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Signed
Pen, pencil and watercolour on paper
20 x 30 ins. (50.5 x 76 cm)
Provenance: Edgar Peakcock
Exhibited: Liss/The Fine Art Society, 2006, Frank Brangwyn, no. 154
Literature: Horner, Brangwyn a Mission to Decorate Life, 2006, p. 150
In a flat D-section polished wood frame with acid free mount
This is a scale drawing for a proposed biliard room for Thurston & Co, similar to one illustrated in Herbert Furst's book, the Decorative Art of Brangwyn, London 1924, facing p.210.
The world famous Thurston Match Hall was in London's Leicester Square (nos. 45-46, from 1902-3), where all major competitions and exhibitions were held and many famous players competed until the premises were bombed in 1940, and finally demolished in 1956.
We are grateful to Jeremy Maas for assistance
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Presentation: Unmounted
Posthumously printed by David Maes from the original wood-block
5 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (13.2 × 19.4 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche; Gordon Anderson
Exhibited: Brangwyn In His Studio: The Jointure Studios, Ditchling, East Sussex, October 2006 (no. PR03)
Literature: Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Bruges Stedelijke Musea, 1987, p. 128; print repr. in Modern Woodcutters, No. 2, London 1920; N.M. Lazareva, Frenk Brengvin, Izobrazit, 1978, plate 95; repr. back cover of Frank Brangwyn: Exposition de Gravures, Festival de Melle, 1988.
The wood-block is based on Brangwyn’s earlier lithograph, Mowers 1890.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance (Mowers is no. v 1485 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné).
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Presentation: Framed
The wood-block is mounted with a wood-cut to the reverse, posthumously printed from the block by David Maes
Original wood-block supplied by Lawrence’s, end-grain boxwood
4 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (11.4 × 28.2 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche; Gordon Anderson
Exhibited: Brangwyn in his Studio, Jointure Studios, Ditchling, East Sussex, 2006 (no. PR18)
Literature: Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Bruges Stedelijke Musea, 1987, p. 139; print repr. title page of Zwanzig Graphische Arbeiten,Vienna 1921; Jeremy Yates,
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Presentation: Unframed
Signed with monogram
Original zinc lithographic plate, 30 × 32 in. (76.2 × 81.3 cm.)
Provenance: Kenneth Center; Michael Campbell; private collection, London
Literature: Frank Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, exh. cat.,The Fine Art Society, London, 2006 (no. 150); The Way of the Cross: An Interpretation by Frank Brangwyn, London 1935
In 1934 Brangwyn completed a set of Stations of the Cross, the original designs drawn in outline on tracing paper and transferred to zinc plates from which the lithographs were printed. The tracing-paper design was transferred to the plate by rubbing the back of the paper with chalk and then retracing the outline of the image. Following this, Brangwyn would have added the detail to the plate, including shading and the folds of the costumes, using lithographic crayon. Sixteen sets of the Stations were printed on paper and a further three sets on sycamore (an experiment intended to produce a lithograph that would be
more durable in a damp church interior). The images were additionally
published in a reduced format by Hodder and Stoughton as a book entitled
The Way of the Cross: An Interpretation by Frank Brangwyn (London 1935), with a commentary by G.K. Chesterton, who enthused that Brangwyn was surely ‘one of the most masculine of modern men of genius’ (p. 11).
The original pencil on tracing paper design for this Station is also available; sight size 29 × 32 1/2 in. (73.7 × 82.6 cm.)
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance (Ninth Station on
tracing paper is no. S1904, and the zinc plate is no. S1897, in her orthcoming catalogue raisonné).
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Signed with monogram and inscribed b.r.: ‘WdeB Coll’
Watercolour, 7 ½ x 9 1/8in. (19 x 23.2cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche (No 30); private collection
In a gilded oak square section frame with gilded inner slip, glazed
His Richness of Bal was one of 20 sketches produced to illustrate for King of the Sea in 1924. The proposed book was never published though a letter dated 1927 from Brangwyn to Martin Hardie refers to the project with the suggestion that a publication was imminent: ‘By the way you remember I lent you one or two rough heads of Pirates etc for that Turpin[?] book, can you lay your hand on them as they were part of a collection which belongs to a publisher who wishes to publish the lot.’ (Letter from Brangwyn to Martin Hardie, Victoria and Albert Museum, 16 February 1927, V&A. MA/1/B2328).
We are grateful to Libby Horner for her assistance. His Richness of Bal is number D1959 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram
Pencil on tracing paper 29 x 33 ½ in. (74 x 85 cm). sight size
Literature:Catalogue, Exhibition of Etching & Lithographs, Brighton 1935; other sources
In a flat section gilded oak frame with blue wash mount
In 1934 Brangwyn completed a set of Stations of the Cross, drawn on tracing paper and transferred to zinc plates prior to printing. This design is one of the original drawings for the Stations published as a set of lithographs in 1936. The tracing paper design was probably transferred to the zinc by rubbing the back of the drawing with red conte' and tracing the outline of the image. Brangwyn would have then added detail, shading and the folds of the costumes, using lithographic crayon. 16 sets of the Stations were printed on paper and a further 3 sets on sycamore, (an experiment intended to produce a lithograph which would be more durable in a dampl church interior). The images were additionally published in a reduced format by Hodder and Stoughton, as a book entitled "The Way of the Cross, (1935), an Iterpretation by Frank Brangwyn, with a commentary by G.K.Chesterton. " In this Chesterton enthused that Brangwyn was surely "one of the most masculine of modern men of genius", (p.11) We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram
Pencil on tracing paper 29 x 32 1/2 ins (sight size), (73.7 x 82.6 cms.)
Provenance: Kenneth Center; Michael Campbell; Private Collection, London
Exhibited: Frank Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, The Fine Art Soceity, London.
In a flat section gilded oak frame with blue wash mount.
In 1934 Brangwyn completed a set of Stations of the Cross, drawn on tracing paper and transferred to zinc plates prior to printing. It is rare to find both the original design and the zinc plate. The tracing paper design was probably transferred to the zinc by rubbing the back of the drawing with red conte' and tracing the outline of the image. Brangwyn would have then added detail, shading and the folds of the costumes, using lithographic crayon. 16 sets of the Stations were printed on paper and a further 3 sets on sycamore, (an experiment intended to produce a lithograph which would be more durable in a dampl church interior). The images were additionally published in a reduced format by Hodder and Stoughton, as a book entitled "The Way of the Cross, (1935), an Iterpretation by Frank Brangwyn, with a commentary by G.K.Chesterton. " In this Chesterton enthused that Brangwyn was surely "one of the most masculine of modern men of genius", (p.11) We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. 9th Station (on tracing paper) is number S1904 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram and extensively inscribed with title and notes
Pen, ink and pencil on paper 4 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. (10.5 x 17 cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn's Pilgrimage,W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1948, ill. P130
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram and inscribed with title
Pen & ink on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (19 x 19 cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn's Pilgrimage,W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1948, ill. P238
In a gilded oak square section frame with wooden inner slip, glazed
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram
Pen & ink on paper 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 10.5 cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn Talks, W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1944, p109
In a gilded oak flat section frame
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram & inscribed
Pen & ink on paper stuck to card 1 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (4.5 x 18 cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn's Pilgrimage,W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1948, ill. P105
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram & inscribed with title
Crayon and watercolour on paper 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.5 x 26 cm).
Provenance: Provenance:
This is probably a sketch for 'Midnight Revels' in the Pageant of Ludlow, published 1934
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram
Sepia wash over engraving, unique proof, 7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (18 x 15.5 cm).
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
In a gilded flat section frame with square outer moulding, glazed
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram & inscribed with notes
Sanguine on paper 10 x 7 1/2 in. (25.2 x 19cm) & 4 3/4 x 8 in. (12 x 20cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
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Presentation: Framed
Inscribed
Pencil, pen and wash 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm).
Provenance: Edgar Peacock
Exhibited: A Mission to Decorate Life, The Fine Art Society, London, April 2006, no. 185
Literature: Literature: Horner, A Mission to Decorate Life, p. 184
One of the original drawings for the Stations published as a set of lithographs in 1936.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram & inscribed 'Small tail'
Watercolour and pastel 28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm).
Provenance: Tom Luzny
In a handsome flat section gilded oak frame with peg joints
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Presentation: Unmounted
Photograph with pen and ink additions 25 5/8 x 35 7/16 in. (65 x 90 cms).
Literature: Lit:Catalogue, Exhibition of Etching & Lithographs, Brighton 1935; other sources
This is a study for both the paintings entitled ANCONA in the Brighton (circa 1937 ref O238) and Wolverhampton Art Galleries (1843)
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Signed with monogram
Pen & ink on paper 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 10.5 cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn Talks, W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1944
In a gilded oak flat section frame
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Presentation: Framed
lithographic proof
Pen & ink 3 1/2 x 2 5/16 in. (14 x 11 cm).
Provenance: William de Belleroche
EP95
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Presentation: Framed
Pen and ink on paper
5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (15 x 12 cm).
Provenance: William de Belleroche
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Etching, unique proof, inscribed first state, kes rave, 34
7 x 6 1/8 in. (18 x 15.5 cm.) (platesize)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931, p 115, Book 1
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
Watercolour and crayon over pencil 5 x 5 in. (13 x 13 cm.)
Provenance: Belleroche, no 226B (titled Bookplate for a cat); Christies 18 July 1961, part lot 13
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn's Pilgrimage,W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1948, ill. P85
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According V. De Bijser there are only a few copies of this colour wood-cut which portrays the meat-market in Hammersmith (London) on Saturday evening.
10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (26.8 x 24 cm).
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Wood-cut intended as a book illustration, cut by H.G. Webb, after a design by Brangwyn
10 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (27.2 x 22.5 cm).
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The original Lawrence's woodblock,
18.5 x 23 cm.
This woodcut was used as a book illustration for H.Furst, Modern Woodcutters, no 2, London 1920
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Presentation: Framed
The original Lawrences end grain box wood block, cleaned, restored and framed with a period print on the verso side, signed in pencil and inscribed to Albert Belleroche.
8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.1 cm.)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Brangwyn had a particular fondness for Dixmude, near Ostend. Brangwyn donated a collection of his work to the town in 1921 and was the Chairman of the English Committee for Dixmude, an organisation which sought to restore the town after the carnage of World War One.
A rare survival, (blocks are frequently discarded, or shaved down for re-use), these blocks offer an insight into the artist's working methods. From a design point of view they are amongst Brangwyn's most direct and successful compositions and a perfect expression of the extraordinary graphic vigour with which he created work. The blocks were cut by Brangwyn himself. We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for assistance.
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The original Lawrences woodblock
21.3 x 32.5 cm
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Watercolour over pencil on paper
13.2 x 31 cm (22.5 x 40 cm framed)
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed with monogram
Red chalk
16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Provenance: Tom Lunzy
To be included in Dr Horner's forthcoming catalogue raisonne (erf no. D4750)
We are grateful to Dr. Horner for assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with monogram
Pen and brush
3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (9.6 x 13 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche, sale of his collection of works by Brangwyn, Christies 18th July 1961, lot 9
Literature: N Gillow, Catalogue of Works by Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA, William Morris Gallery, 1974, p. 73
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Presentation: Framed
signed with monogram
pencil and watercolour 22 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (56.5 x 37 cm.)
Provenance: Edgar Peacock
Exhibited: The Fine Art Society 2006; Leeds City Art Gallery; Brugge, Swansea
Litereature: Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, p. 176, ill
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed, twice, with initials,
inscribed on the reverse, given to me by Frank Brangwyn RA when at Ditchling 1934
Watercolour on paper
10 x 13 in.; 20 x 28 cm
Provenance: Lyndon Goodwin Harris
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Presentation: Framed
Oil on canvas, 120.1 × 157.5cm (47¼ × 62in)
Reference: Galloway 673
Provenance: Carpenter Collection, Iowa, USA; Des Moines Art Center; Salender-O’Reilly
Galleries; Liss Fine Art; private collection
Exh: Robert Vose, Boston, USA, 1925; Exhibition of Paintings Drawings & Etchings by Frank Brangwyn, 184 Queen’s Gate, London, 1924 (No 50)
Ill: La Flamma, Rome, June 1924
The oil is based on the Old Testament story where Susanna was surprised by two elders when bathing.She repelled their advances and they retaliated by denouncing her for adultery. Daniel, however, exposed their deceit and they were subsequently stoned to death. The subject was popular amongst 17th-century painters, in particular Rubens and Jordaens, whose work Brangwyn admired.
In 1907 Brangwyn painted a larger version measuring 149 × 162cm (587 × 63¾in) which is in the collection of the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. In this work the position of the figures is reversed.
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Presentation: Mounted
Pen and ink on paper
13 1/2 x 19 11/16 in. (34,3 x 50 cm.)
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Presentation: Framed
Original Lawrence’s woodblock, end-grain boxwood, mounted with a woodcut to the reverse, printed posthumously from the block by David Maes, together with original design in black wash.
3-1/2 × 3 in. (9 × 7.6 cm)
Provenance: Ct.William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968.
Literature: Walter Shaw Sparrow, Prints and Drawings by Frank Brangwyn, John Lane, London, 1919, illus. p. 57; Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Bruges 1987, illus. p. 266 (inv. 0.2/90(1).III).
‘Horresco’ is a reference to the latin phrase horresco referens: I shudder as I tell
the story.
Horresco isV2125 in Libby Horner’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Presentation: Framed
Black wash;
3 × 2-1/2 in. (7.5 × 6.4 cm)
Provenance: Ct.William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968.
Literature: Walter Shaw Sparrow, Prints and Drawings by Frank Brangwyn, John Lane, London, 1919, illus. p. 97; Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Bruges 1987, illus. p. 266 (inv. 0.2/91.III).
The dramatic gesture of the principal figure echoes the stance of the innocent
victim in Francisco de Goya’s The Third of May 1808 (1814).
Damn theWar isV1484 in Libby Horner’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Presentation: Framed
Black wash;
3 × 2-1/2 in. (7.5 × 6.4 cm)
Provenance: Ct.William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968.
Literature:Walter Shaw Sparrow, Prints and Drawings by Frank Brangwyn, John Lane, London, 1919, illus. p. 97; Crossley Davies, Tragedy of Dixmude, Moorland Press, Derbyshire, 1921, cover design; Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Bruges 1987, illus. p. 266 (inv. 0.2/92.III).
The Fire was used as the cover design for the Tragedy of Dixmude (1921), a catalogue of paintings and drawings of Dixmude, near Ostend, donated to the town in commemoration of the FirstWorldWar .The Dixmude trenches, otherwise known as theTrenches of Death, were held by the Belgians for more than four years during the Battles of theYser against German forces often ranged just a hundred yards away.
Brangwyn was the Chairman of the English Committee for Dixmude.
The Fire is V1482 in Libby Horner’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Presentation: Framed
Pen and ink on paper
19 7/8 x 29 1/2 in. (50.5 x 75 cm.)
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Presentation: Framed
Signed in full b.l.: 'Frank Brangwyn'; also inscribed: 'glass'
Pencil, pen and wash on thin paper, 76 x 50 cm (29⅞×19⅝in)
Provenance: Edgar Peacock;
Edgar Horns, Eastbourne, 20 September 2000
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Presentation: Unmounted
A collection of over 20 original designs, various sizes
The SS Empress of Britain sank after enemy action in 1940.
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
17 1/2 x 21 7/8 in. (44,5 x 55,5 cm.)
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Presentation: Framed
Signed and inscribed: All good wishes to Willy Belleroche
3-colour woodcut by Urushibara after a design by Brangwyn
5 1/2 x 9 in. (13.9 x 22.8 cm.)
Wood-cut by the japanese artist Y. Urushibara after a design by Brangwyn. The artist used a similar wood-cut as a greetings card.
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed with monogram
Sanguine on cream paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (31.7 x 20.5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche, (no 187 A); Christies, 18 July 1961, part lot 29
Exhibitied: Mission to Decorate Life, The Fine Art Soceity, 2006, (cat 104).
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931,
This drawing was probably drawn as a study for L'Ombre de la Croix but not used in the final version.
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
Woodblock cleaned, restored and framed with posthumous print on verso side
Woodblock 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (11.5 x 13.6 cm.)
Print 8 x 8 3/4 in. (20.5 x 22 cm.)
Hahnemahle Natural Line Verge paper (100 g/m)
A rare survival, (blocks are frequently discarded, or shaved down for re-use), these blocks offer an insight into the artist's working methods. From a design point of view they are amongst Brangwyn's most direct and successful compositions and a perfect expression of the extraordinary graphic vigor with which he created work. The blocks were cut by Brangwyn himself.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for assistance. This image will appear as no. V 3601 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, unique working proof,
inscribed 1st state Kes Row (?) 51
7 x 6 in. (18 x 15 cm.) plate size.
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
An example of the etching in its final state is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum (1964.75.40)
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This image will appear as no. E2893 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, proof.
inscribed in pencil no 34
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931, p 174
A version of the etching in its final state is in the collection of the William Morris Gallery (p532) and the British Museum (BM1943-12-11-345)
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This image will appear as ref E 3087 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, unique working proof,
inscribed 1st state Kes Row (?) 47
2 x 1 3/4 in. (5 x 4.5 cm) plate size
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This image will appear as no 2869 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne.
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, unique working proof,
inscribed 1st state Kes Row (?) 31
7 x 6 in. (18 x 15 cm.) plate size.
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This image will appear as no. E 2502 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Unmounted
Signed with initials
Pen and ink on buff coloured paper
9 x 8 in. (23 x 20 cm)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Christies 18th July 1961, lot 34
Exhibited, Royal Academy 1952
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Presentation: Unmounted
Ink on pink paper, signed in pencil with initials
3 x 3 1/2 in. (7 x 9 cm)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Christies 18th July 1961, part lot 11
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, unique working proof,
inscribed 1st state Kes Row (?) 33 in the margin and Beaeabans in the plate
7 x 6 in. (18 x 15 cm.) plate size.
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This image will appear as ref E 3086 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Presentation: Framed
Oil on canvas, 274.3×182.9cm (108×72in)
Provenance: E Kenneth Center; William de Belleroche (No 83); Gordon Anderson
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Presentation: Unframed
Oil on canvas, 274.3×182.9cm (108×72in)
Provenance: E Kenneth Center; 28William de Belleroche (No 84); Gordon Anderson
This remarkable life size canvas was produced by Brangwyn as a preparatory study for the enterance of the Rockerfeller Plaza, (RCA Building).
Brangwyn, the Spanish artist José Maria Sert and the Mexican, Diego Rivera were chosen to produce murals after Picasso and Matisse had refused the commission.
The murals sparked controversy from the outset, critics complaining that American artists should have been chosen for the prestigious work. In May 1933 Rivera was prevented from finishing his mural when it was discovered that he had included a portrait of Lenin, and sympathisers of the artist clashed with police outside the building.The authorities also objected to the bright colours of the panel (Sert and Brangwyn had both agreed to paint monochrome works) and the mural was taken down and replaced by a new mural by Sert.
Brangwyn was asked to produce four large murals which are placed on the south side of the elevator corridor, RCA building.The paintings were carried out in three tones to harmonize with the black terrazzo floor, the walls which were of Champlain black marble to a height of 228.6cm (7ft 6in), and the ivory ceiling. Not more than 70–75% of the canvas was to be painted and lettering was to be included. Brangwyn was given the theme Man’s new relationship to society and his fellow men, his family relationships, his relationships as a worker, his relationships as part of a government and his ethical and religious relationships.
In September 1933, Brangwyn himself faced controversy. Officials from the Rockefeller Center objected to the figure of Christ being included in the fourth panel, representing the Sermon on the Mount. Raymond M Hood, one of the architects of the Center, explained that, ‘some people here felt that it would not be fitting to put the figure of Christ in a business building.They thought that might be too strong a representation of an individual religion’.
It was suggested that Brangwyn represented Jesus by a light shining from heaven. However the artist merely reversed his figure, so that Christ facing the populace became the back of a nameless cloaked man.
The model for the kneeling nude was Joy Sinden, sister of the actor Donald Sinden.
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Presentation: Framed
Original Lawrence's woodblock, end grain box wood, framed with a posthumous print on the reverse.
3 x 3 1/4 in. (7.7 x 8.3 cm.)
Count William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968
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Presentation: Framed
The original woodblock
8 x 3.5 cmProvenance: Count Willy de Belleroche
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Presentation: Framed
According to V. De Bijser this wood-cut was cut after an etching and designed for a bookplate.
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Presentation: Framed
Original Lawrence's woodblock, end grain box wood, framed with a posthumous print on the reverse.
6 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (16.9 x 13.3 cm.)
Count William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968
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Presentation: Framed
Original Lawrence's woodblock, end grain box wood, framed with a posthumous print on the reverse.
According to V. De Bijser this wood-cut was made after a drawing to decorate New Court House in Cleveland (U.S.A.).
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.4 x 19.4 cm.)
Count William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968
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Presentation: Framed
Original Lawrence's woodblock, end grain box wood, framed with a posthumous print on the reverse.
3 x 1 1/2 in. (7.7 x 3.6 cm.)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968
Horner, ref 3606
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Presentation: Framed
Wood engraving
Woodblock cleaned, restored and framed with posthumous print on verso side
Portrayal of the Beguinage of Diksmuide intended as a book illustration
Block: 5 1/4 x 8 in. (13,5 x 20 cm.)
Print: 10 1/2 x 13 in. (26,5 x 33 cm.)
Literature: Dominique Marechal, Frank Brangwyn, Collection Catalogue, Bruges General Bank & Stedelijke Musea 1987 p132, Catalogus 1936, Brussels 1936 No. 61, Catalogus 1937, Brussels 1937 No. 126, Valerie De Bijser, 1955 No. 185
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Presentation: Mounted
Watercolour on pencil
7 x 19 1/2 in. (7.5 x 50 cm)
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Presentation: Unmounted
Etching, proof
5.7 x 5.9 in. (14.5 x 15 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p103 Book 1
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
7.1 x 5.9 in. (18 x 15 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p135 Book 1
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Presentation: Framed
Black ink over etching, unique
3.8 x 3.7 in. (9.7 x 9.5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p15 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.6 x 2.5 in. (4 x 6.3 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p202 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
2.1 x 1.1 in. (5.3 x 2.8 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p314 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.8 x 1.7 in. (4.6 x 4.2cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p108 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
0.9 x 1 in. (2.2 x 2.6 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p213 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
2.7 x 2.4 in. (6.8 x 6 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p27 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.8 x 1.6 in. (4.5 x 4 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p285 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
2 x 3 in. (5 x 7.5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p180 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
2 x 2.1 in. (5 x 5.3 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p55 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1 x 2 in. (2.6 x 5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p46 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1 x 3.1 in. (2.5 x 8 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p129 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.8 x 1.4 in. (4.5 x 3.5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p336 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
3 x 2.4 in. (7.5 x 6 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p145 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.7 x 1.6 in. (4.4 x 4 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p141 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.3 x 3.9 in. (3.2 x 10 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p169 Book 2
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.7 x 4.1 in. (4.2 x 10.5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p98 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1.3 x 2 in. (3.2 x 5 cm)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p85 Book 1
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, 4.5 x 6cm (13.5 x 15cm framed)
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, 8 x 15.2 cm (17 x 24.5 cm framed)
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Pencil and ink on paper, 8.8 x 14cm (19 x 24cm framed)
Initials bottom right.
Inscribed on the back : Drawing of a cat by Brangwyn, to Andy from Willie.
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.3 x 14.5 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p86 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
2 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (7 x 12.5 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p12 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (2.2 x 11.7 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p158 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1 5/8 x 6 in. (4.2 x 15 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p79 Book 1
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Presentation: Unmounted
etching
1 x 5 1/4 in. (2.6 x 13.5 cm.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche
Literature: Jerome & Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris 1931 p64 Book 1
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initial
Etching 4.5 x 15cm (13.5 x 24cm framed)
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Presentation: Framed
framed
Signed with monogram
Original zinc lithographic plate, 30 × 32 in. (76.2 × 81.3 cm.)
Provenance: Kenneth Center; Michael Campbell; private collection, London
Literature: Frank Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, exh. cat.,The Fine Art Society, London, 2006 (no. 150); The Way of the Cross: An Interpretation by Frank Brangwyn, London 1935
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, unique proof. 9.5 x 7.5cm (18.5 x 16.5cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, unique proof. 9.5 x 7.7cm (18.5 x 16.7cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching,unique proof. 4.5 x 8cm (13.5 x 17cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, unique proof 8.2 x 15.5cm (17.2 x 24.5cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Signed with initials
Etching, unique proof 4 x 9.3cm (13 x 18.3cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Framed
The original woodblock, mounted onto a patterned woodcut
13.3 x 13.9 cm; 38 x 22 overall
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Presentation: Mounted
Indian ink over pencil with highlight in white
29.5 x 19.5 cm
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Presentation: Framed
Oil on canvas
26.3 x 18.5 cmProvenance: Count William de Belleroche
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Presentation: Framed
Pencil on buff coloured tracing paper, squared, with highlights in white chalk
60 x 84 ins.
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Gordon Anderson; The Fine Art Society; Donald Sinden until 2006; Private collection
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
7 x 13.5 cm (framed: 16 x 22.5 cm)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
7 x 16.5 cm (framed: 16 x 25.5 cm)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
5.7 x 6.3 cm (framed: 15 x 14.5 cm)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof,
5.8 x 5.8 cm (framed: 15 x 15 cm)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
8.7 x 13. cm (framed: 17 x 22 cm)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Pencil and ink on paper,
11 x 17.6 cm (framed:20 x 27 cm)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Christies 18th July 1961, part lot 9
We are grateful to Dr Horner for assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
5.7 x 7 cm (framed: 14 x 16 cm)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Etching, unique proof,
11 x 17 cm (20 x 26 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Etching, unique proof,
6.5 x 6 cm (15.5 x 15.5 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Etching, unique proof,
7.5 x 10 cm (16.5 x 19 cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Etching, unique proof,
11 x 11.5 cm (20 x 21 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Etching, unique proof,
10 x 11.5 cm (18.5 x 20.5 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Presentation: Passe-partout
Etching, unique proof,
5 x 5 cm (14 x 14 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Etching, unique proof,
6 x 4.5 cm (15.5 x 14 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Etching, unique proof,
8 x 6 cm (17 x 15 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Etching, unique proof,
8 x 6.5 cm (17 x 15.5 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Etching, unique proof,
9 x 6.5 cm (18 x 15.5 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Pencil and watercolor
11 x 28 cm (20 x 37.5 cm framed)
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Red chalk over black charcoal on paper
21.5 x 22 cm (31 x 31 cm framed)
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Black chalk
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10 7/16 x 14 5/8 in. (26.5 x 35.2 cm.)
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Red chalk and pencil on paper, 19 x 23cm (29 x 33cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of Count William de Belleroche
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Etching, unique proo. 5.7 x 6cm (14.7 x 15cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
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Etching, unique proof,
6.5 x 13 cm (16 x 22 cm framed)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Photomechanical lithographic reproduction
Signed in the plate with initials
13 x 16 in. (33 x 40 cm)In 1927 the Brangwyn Portfolio was published by E F d'Alignan and Paul Turpin. Responding to a demand for high quality reproductions of his work Brangwyn himself chose 100 items which he felt were representative of his range of disciplines, including 12 original etchings and 3 original lithographs. The remaining 85 works were lithographic reproductions of watercolours, pastels and drawings produced by photomechanical means to which Brangwyn and his assistants added chalk or watercolour through stencils, giving the impression of original works. In fact such is the quality of these reproductions that they are frequently mistaken for the real thing - even by the top auction houses.
The folios, presented in a folder measuring 45x64cm, were produced in a limited edition of 120, costing 100 guineas each. Most were sold to Japan, America and Europe. Works produced before 1922 were numbered 1-50, before 1927 were numbered 51-100.
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Presentation: Framed
Signed with initials
oil on board
54 x 44.5 cm
Provenance: Gift from Frank Brangwyn to Frank Alford, the artist's assistant, and by descent.Literature: Frank Branwyn in his studio, The Diary of His Assistant, Frank Alford; Edited by Roger Alford and Libby Horner.
Letter from Frank Brangwyn, The Jointure, Ditchling, to Alford, 8 June 1952
Dear Alford,
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We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for assistance. This oil will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raissone under the reference no 02516 
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Signed with monogram, oil on canvas board, 13½ x 16½ ins. (34.3 x 42 cms.)
Provenance: Fine Art Society, 1952; Mrs Barton Chadwynd; private collection, Montevideo
Literature: Galloway Vincent, The Oils and Murals of Sir Frank Brangwyn, F Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1962, p. 28, no. 159 Exhibited: Fine Art Society, October 1952 (31)
This painting shows a giant dahlia, a flower of South American origin. It is typical of the dense and richly coloured foliage that Brangwyn used to great effect in the murals he painted for the House of Lords in 1926. Brangwyn was a keen horticulturist: through his apprenticeship with William Morris he developed a love of traditional English flora; through his travels abroad he developed a love of the exotic. His garden at the Jointure in Ditchling, Sussex, combined the two. As a painter, Brangwyn responded to all forms of nature, making large numbers of spontaneous sketches on scraps of paper in response to the environment around him. This plein-air sketch is unusual for being in oil. We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. The work is number O2512 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné. Six other still lives with dahlias are recorded.
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Oil on prepared board, 24W X 20E ins. (61.5 X 53 cms.)
Provenance: William Stewart, and by descent
This spontaneous oil sketch brings to mind Paris of the 1890s, with its musicians, absinthe drinkers and bohemians, immortalised by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. Brangwyn was working in Paris in 1895, painting mural and stencil decorations on the exterior of the Galerie L'Art Nouveau for Siegfried Bing.
Technically the painting shows clearly how Brangwyn, at times, laid his colours over a warm pink-orange ground, thereby achieving a greater luminosity. Musicians appear frequently throughout Brangwyn's oeuvre. Writing to Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo in 1940, on the death of their mutual friend the music antiquarian and scholar Arnold Dolmetsch, Brangwyn wryly remarked: 'your old friend Dolmetsch has gone to play his viols and virginals before The master [sic]. He will no doubt see some wonderful instruments there?' Letter from Brangwyn to Mackmurdo, 21 April 1940, William Morris Gallery, London. We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. Musicians is number D2070 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Signed with monogram (twice)
Black and red chalk, over pencil, 11Q X 16Q ins. (29.5 X 42.5 cms.)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche, 1958
In 1910 Brangwyn completed a large oil entitled New Wine, 81 X 106 ins (205.7 X 269.2 cm). This was subsequently purchased by the wealthy Japanese industrialist Kojiro Matsukata, but was probably destroyed in the Pantechnicon fire in London (1939). A number of studies, of which Lazybones is one, are all that remain. An almost identical study is in the collection of the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. New Wine is numbered 01402 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Inscribed 'CHINA/JA' and 'ISOLA DI'
Chalk and bodycolour on light grey paper, 41 X 32 ins. (104 X 81.3 cms.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche (catalogue number 77); private collection
Literature: Furst, The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, John Lane, 1924, p. 167, reproduced; Alford and Horner, Brangwyn in His Studio, Alford, Guildford, 2004, p. 111, reproduced
Harry Gordon Selfridge, nicknamed 'Mile a Minute Harry', brought American ideas on commerce and advertising to the British retail business. His vast emporium on Oxford Street was, when built, the largest in England and was enlarged over the following twenty years. Brangwyn was commissioned to design a decoration for the interior of a dome designed by Sir John Burnet. The huge dome, 70ft (21 metres) in diameter and 130ft (40 metres) above the ground, was to be tiled in mosaic, the subject being, appropriately enough, 'Trade of the World'. Brangwyn designed the top of the dome as an inverted globe upon which he noted various countries, together with flora and fauna of those areas, whilst the lower parts were filled with exotically dressed people and traders, each figure measuring some 16-17ft (5 metres) high. Unfortunately the mosaics were never executed because, apparently, the London County Council feared that the excessive weight might damage the underground railway.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. Selfridges is number M2157 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Signed with monogram and inscribed 'Messina - O'Shade of Bourdon/Forgive' Blue ink and pencil on paper, 10 X 8W ins. (25.5 X 21 cms.)
Provenance: William de Belleroche (catalogue number 145); private collection
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, Works of Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, 1952, no. 291
Literature: Belleroche, Brangwyn's Pilgrimage, Chapman and Hall, London, 1948, facing p. 146 In the 1940s
Brangwyn produced a number of pen and ink sketches to illustrate Brangwyn's Pilgrimage, by William de Belleroche. This particular drawing records the devastation caused by the earthquake on 28 December 1908 at Messina, Sicily, when the shore sank by 16ft. 5ins. overnight and 84,000 people lost their lives. Brangwyn visited the site and made numerous sketches of the area when he visited his friend R. H. Kitson in Taormina, Sicily, in 1909.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance. Messina after the earthquake is number D3192 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
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Signed and inscribed: ‘Bringing home the Christmas goose, all good wishes for a Peaceful Christmas from Frank Brangwyn 1944’
Watercolour and crayon over an etched base, 6 7/8 × 5 1/4 in. (17.5 × 13.4 m.)
Provenance: Raymond Sheppard
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L’Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931, Book 1, p. 161The image was produced for the book L’Ombre de la Croix by Jerome and Jean Tharaud (Paris 1931), which describes the lives of Jews in Europe in the 1930s, with particular reference to the town of Belz in Poland.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance.
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Signed with monogram
Original lithographic zinc plate 30 × 31 1/2 in. (76.2 × 80 cm.)
Provenance: Kenneth Center; Hilary Gerrish; private collection, South of France
Literature: Dominique Marechal, Collectie Frank Brangwyn, Stedelijke Musea, Bruges, 1987, p. 178
In his commentary on Brangwyn’s Stations, G.K. Chesterton felt that the design of this Station was pivotal:‘Christ lifts His head, looks sharply over His shoulder, and His eyes shine with defiance and almost with fury. And that one flash of fierceness is shot back at the Women of Jerusalem weeping over Him.’
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance (Eighth Station is no.
S1903 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné).
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Signed with monogram and dated: 'FB1912'
Oil on canvas, lunette 26 3/4 × 78 in. (68 × 198cm.)
Provenance: John Heaton, Sunderland; Vose Galleries of Boston, USA; San Joaquin Pioneer Museum and Haggin Art Galleries, Stockton,California (de-acquisitioned 2006)
Exhibited: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1914 (no.68),l ent by John Heaton; Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Frank Brangwyn, Royal Academy, London,1924 (no.297); Vose Galleries of Boston,USA,1925 (no.6)
Literature: Herbert Furst, The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, London 1924, pp.84-5; Art News, New York, 14 March 1925; Boston Herald, 15 March 1925
Reference: Vincent Galloway, The Oils and Murals of Sir Frank Brangwyn, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex 1962, p.303
In 1911 Brangwyn was approached by Charles F. Schweinfurth,the architect of Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland,Ohio, to paint a mural for a lunette in the building,measuring 15ft by 50ft. The chosen theme was the democratic and very English subject of King John signing the Magna Carta on Runnymede Meadows in 1215. Brangwyn signed a contract with the Cuyahoga County Building Commission for the sum of $20,000,i n which he agreed to 'visit the site and location' before embarking on the commission, and 'before and after it has been set in place [to] personally visit the site,and touch up or finish this painting in place'. In fact Brangwyn never visited the United States. He obviously hoped to bypass the process by producing such an unusually detailed cartoon.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance (Brangwyn's mural for Cuyahoga County Courthouse is no.M1142 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne).
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Black,white and yellow chalk, lightly squared, 17 × 13 in. (44.5 × 33cm.)
Provenance: The Fine Art Society; private collection, Canada
This is a study for the pendentive panel, The Home Makers, in the State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missouri.
The previous state capitol having burnt down,a new one was constructed between 1911 and 1917, based on the design of the Capitol, Washington D.C. Brangwyn was asked to devise a colour scheme and thirteen murals for the new building,including a canvas for the eye of the dome (36 ft in diameter), four pendentives (each 24 ft high, 48 ft wide at the top and 15 ft wide at the base), and eight lower dome panels (approximately 16 ft high and 28 ft wide). The four large pendentives represented 'Missouri in Four Great Historical Periods' and were titled Historic Landing (Laclede Parleying with the Indians), Pioneers, The Home Makers and Builders.
The scale of the works was immense, each figure being about 14 ft high. The initial sketches were of tremendous importance, Brangwyn telling his friend Joseph Simpson that,once he had his sketch and cartoon ready, he could complete the painting of a figure of that size in one day.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance (Brangwyn's work for the State Capitol,Jefferson City, is no.M1135 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne).
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Black chalk and wash with red chalk highlights on paper
21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43 cm).
We are grateful to Libby Horner and Peter Till for assistance.
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Signed with monogram & inscribed 'Small tail'
Pen, ink and pencil on paper
5 1/8 x 8 1/16 in. (13 x 20.5cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: Brangwyn's Pilgrimage,W. de Belleroche, Chapman & Hall, 1948, ill. P85
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Inscribed 'Tobe 1917'
Sanguine on Temple Lodge notepaper
8 x 10 7/16 in. (20.4 x 26.5cm).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
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Original 's woodcut, 2 1/4 x 2 3/8 ins. (5.5 x 6.2 cms.)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; private collecti
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Watercolour
19x15 cm (7½×5⅞in).
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Lit: W.de Belleroche, Branwyn's Pilgrimage, Chapman & Hall, London 1948, ill.p 197
In a gilded oak flat section frame
William de Belleroche noted in his personal catalogue that Brangwyn painted nineteen watercolours and pen and ink sketches in a: ˜precious little volume which was originally an exercise book and Sir Frank filled up this little volume with water-colours painted in his garden to remain as a souvenir for Count de Belleroche and remind him of the places where most of the discussions they had together - where the artist and Belleroche ˜talked of Art'.
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Signed with monogram,
inscribed under the mount, Some well known Jack Smiley
and FB 'Rothschild' in Belleroche's handink and wash
7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8cm)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Gordon Anderson
Framed in a gilded oak square section frame with broad flat oak inner slip
We are grateful to Libby Horner for her assistance
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Signed in pencil
Hand coloured lithograpg
12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.3 x 24 cm.)
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Signed, dated and titled b.r.in red: ‘F Brangwyn 92 Gulur’
Oil on canvas, 52.1×59.7cm (20½×23½in)
Reference: Galloway 264
Provenance: William de Belleroche; Mr & Mrs J G Cluff; The Fine Art Society; private collection
Exh: Exhibition of Works by Frank Brangwyn RA, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull 1933 (No 29); The Fine Art Society, 2000
This scene, one of several Brangwyn painted of Spanish goatherds, was undertaken whilst travelling through Spain in 1892 in company with Arthur Melville. It is aptly described in an article Brangwyn wrote for The Studio:
‘Under the long shadows of a few poplars on the banks we could see a goatherd surrounded by flocks of black goats,looking like spots of ink on the sun-swept hills’.(33)
Brangwyn recorded that the two artists actually sketched a goatherd a few days later at Galar, as Brangwyn spelt it, Melville having persuaded the man to come down to the canal side.
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Oil on board, 62×41.5cm (24⅜×16¼in)
Provenance: private collection
Ill: Scribner’s Magazine, cover, Vol XXXVIII, October 1905
This painting demonstrates two salient points about Brangwyn’s working practice. Firstly his ‘pattern book’working process, by which figures would be re-used, irrespective of changes in context or the passage of time. On 7 May 1921, Frank Alford wrote that he was working on one of the murals for Jefferson City: ‘FB thinks of taking out the figures on the extreme [left] being a man carrying a large basket of fruit on his head,& putting in its place a figure of a boy on a ladder pulling fruit.The same boy was used in one of FB’s series for Scribner’s magazine.’ (36)
Secondly, despite the fact that Brangwyn was financially secure by 1905, he continued to accept commercial commissions,partly because he found it difficult to refuse any challenge, but mainly because by these means he could introduce art to a wider audience. The gold painted bar across the painting relates directly to the format of the magazine cover.
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Signed with monogram and date b.r.: ‘FB 1914’
Oil on canvas, 127×121.9cm (50×48in)
Reference: Galloway 308
Provenance: Barbizon House (1926); private collection (UK)
Exh: Barbizon House, 1926 (cat 4)
Lit and Ill: Barbizon House Record, 1926
The Barbizon House record noted that:
‘There is a fine massive confusedness in this remarkable painting. The busy scene is filled with the movement of many strong figures, some occupied with the ephemeral passing of the fish-catch of the morning, while others are equally busy with the more permanent building of a good ship of the future.
The artist has aimed at producing a grand decorative scheme showing the scaffolding reaching to the ribs of the vessel and the active movement ofthe workers in full swing, each absorbed in his own labour.’
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Oil on canvas, 104×142cm (40⅞×55⅞in)
Provenance: Campion Hall, Oxford (presented to Father M C D’Arcy by Brangwyn);
The Fine Art Society; private collection
Ill: Herbert Furst, The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, London: The Bodley Head, 1924, facing p143
After World War I, Brangwyn was commissioned to produce Stations of the Cross for Arras Cathedral through the recommendation of his friend, the artist, Theophile Steinlen (1859–1923; see p22). Reproductions of the Stations were to be distributed to other war damaged churches. Unfortunately the series was never completed.It was generally reported that this was due to the death of the model Cervi, although we know from Frank Alford’s diary that Marco Jafrato also posed as Christ. (41)The deaths of Brangwyn’s wife, Lucy, and Steinlen himself may have had more to do with the failure of the commission.
Studies or completed panels have been discovered for 10 of the 14 Stations. The work was illustrated in Herbert Furst’s book The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, facing p143. Brangwyn subsequently altered the painting and inserted his self portrait on the right, offering succour to Christ, probably before presenting the work to Father D’Arcy (c1935). (42)
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Presentation: Framed
78 x 78 in. (198 x 198 cm)
Provenance: Sir Alfred East RA ; Captain Winterbottom
Exhibited: New Gallery, 1902 (lent by East?); Venice Biennale, 1903; Venice Biennale, 1914; Queen's Gate, 1924 Catalogue: 58 (lent by H W [sic] Winterbottom, titled Cyder Press); St Louis International Exhibition, St Louis, 1904 Catalogue: 43
Literature: Shaw-Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn and his Work, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd London 1915 p231 H Furst, The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, The Bodley Head London 1924 p214 Art Journal, p85-86 March 1903, F Rinder, 'The Art of Frank Brangwyn' The Studio, p38 Vol 26, June 1902, 'Some Paintings and Sculpture at the London Spring Exhibitions' P Macer-Wright, Brangwyn, A Study of Genius at Close Quarters, Hutchinson & Co London p67 Illustrated: Shaw-Sparrow, The Spirit of the Age, London, 1905 plate 8 Amelia Defries, Frank Brangwyn RA, Master Craftsman, American Magazine of Art November 1924 11 Vol. 15p562 The Studio, p37 Vol 26, June 1902, 'Some Paintings and Sculpture at the London Spring Exhibitions' St Louis International Exhibition, St Louis 1904 p63 The British Art Journal, p41 Libby Horner, 'Brangwyn and the Horton House mystery'
Notes: Described as a ‘lyrical fantasy from the conditions of modern life’* portraying ‘the half-triumphant, half-sad sentiment of October’.* The oil shows two young boys and a nude toddler right foreground, lounging over baskets of gleaming apples and a beautiful pot, whilst to the left a man plays a flute, and others work at the press, the frame of which can be seen background right. The red shirt of the central figure provides a focus point. Although the painting is quite dark in tone there is a wonderful sense of light flickering through the central window of sky. There is something of the Old Masters in this painting, although the technique is vastly different, and a romantic yearning for the glories of rural England. Marion Spielman described this painting as ‘one of (Brangwyn’s) most opulent designs, such as Titian might rejoice in could he come to life in the twentieth century’,* and The Studio critic, less ostentatiously, called it 'masterly in handling and sumptuous in colour'.* Laurence Bradshaw noted in his copy of the Queen's Gate catalogue that the technique was 'earlier' and 'tighter' and commented on the unfortunate habit of owners of varnishing paintings with the result that they ended up brown and cracked when all they required was a little soap and water to remove dust and dirt. Rinder termed the oil a 'robust idealisation of an incident charged with beauty and with significance' and considered it a 'noteworthy attempt to express the half-triumphant, half-sad sentiment of October'. The RA sketchbooks have drawings of a cider press at Weford on Avon which may be related to this painting. In 1904 (17 January) Brangwyn wrote to Kitson that he was 'very sorry that the Cider Press is not going to Leeds, East wished it to go to St Louis, anyway next year you shall have it', and on 9 November 1907 he noted that, with East's approval, it was to be sent to the Salon in 1908. According to Macer-Wright, East purchased the work for £300 to help the younger artist out of financial difficulties, but the claim cannot be substantiated. There is no concrete evidence that after the early years Brangwyn was troubled by impecuniosity. From 1891 to 1894 he was able to afford two studios, he employed an assistant as early as 1895, and by 1902 was established and greatly in demand. Brangwyn borrowed the painting from East to send to an exhibition in Munich, but apparently the packing case was destroyed when on the docks at Tilbury. East recovered the canvas and had it relined and restored. It was sold later for £1400. In 1924 Furst recalled 'the beautiful early rich and mellow Cider-press which alone would secure to its author a place amongst the great masters'*, gracing the walls of Horton House (Colonel Winterbottom's residence). In a letter to de Belleroche, 8 April 1952, Brangwyn asks if he has been able to trace 'Sir Roberts of Saltair who had the Cider Press he was the partner of Sir Titus Salt who made the Town of Saltair in Yorkshire'. Some of his other suggestions of ownership in the letter were decidedly wrong so this comment may be misleading! * Shaw Sparrow, p231 * F Rinder, p82 * The Studio, p38 * Furst, p214
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Original Lawrence's woodblock, end grain box wood, framed with a posthumous print on the reverse.
7 x 5 in. (17.7 x 12.7 cm.)
Count William de Belleroche; private collection since 1968
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Plate photomechanical lithograph from the Steinlen Portfolio.
12 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (31.7 x 25.7 cm.)
In 1927 the Brangwyn Portfolio was published by E F d'Alignan and Paul Turpin. Responding to a demand for high quality reproductions of his work Brangwyn himself chose 100 items which he felt were representative of his range of disciplines, including 12 original etchings and 3 original lithographs. The remaining 85 works were lithographic reproductions of watercolours, pastels and drawings produced by photomechanical means to which Brangwyn and his assistants added chalk or watercolour through stencils, giving the impression of original works. In fact such is the quality of these reproductions that they are frequently mistaken for the real thing - even by the top auction houses.
The folios, presented in a folder measuring 45x64cm, were produced in a limited edition of 120, costing 100 guineas each. Most were sold to Japan, America and Europe. Works produced before 1922 were numbered 1-50, before 1927 were numbered 51-100.
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Signed,
Red chalk, squared
18 x 23 ins.
Literature:Brangwyn, the Old Lion, by Count William de Belloerche, Everybody's (Magazine), October 25, 1952, reproduced p. 14
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Signed with monogram
Original zinc lithographic plate, 30 × 32 in. (76.2 × 81.3 cm.)
Provenance: Kenneth Center; Michael Campbell; private collection, London
Literature: Frank Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, exh. cat.,The Fine Art Society, London, 2006 (no. 150); The Way of the Cross: An Interpretation by Frank Brangwyn, London 1935
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Etching, unique proof. 10.7 x 16cm (19.7 x 25cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
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Etching, unique proof 8.5 x 13.5cm (17.5 x 22.5cm framed)Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of
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Watercolour
23.8 x 18 cmWe are grateful to Dr. Horner for assistance
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Original etching, artist's proof, signed with initials,
9 x 9.3 cm (framed: 18 x 18.5 cm)
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.
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Inscribed Night/strong light on figures and flash light photos for shadows
Red and black chalk on paper,
20.4 x 23.5 cm (framed: 29.5 x 32.5 cm)
Provenance: Count William de Belleroche (208B); Christies 18th July 1961, part lot 17
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Woodcut, proof
26 x 19 cm (35 x 28 cm framed)Provenance: Count William de Belleroche
Literature: Dominique Marechal, Frank Brangywn:Collection Catalogue, Stedelijke Musea 1987, p. 130
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for assistance. This drawing will appear under reference no. Q3600 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Signed
Pencil and watercolor on green paper
19 x 25.5 cm (28 x 34.5 cm framed)
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Watercolour over pencil
30.5 x 30 cm (39.5 x 39 cm framed)
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Ink and gouache on paper
12.5 x 8.5 cm ( 21.5 x 17.5 cm framed)Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Christies 18 July 1961, part lot 9; private collection until 2006
Walter Shaw Sparrow was one of Brangwyn's earliest champions and published a number of influential books about him, amongst them, The Spirit of the Age, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905, Frank Brangwyn and his Work, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1915 and Prints and drawings by Frank Brangwyn, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919.
Brangwyn was a master of the art of Ex Libris design and produced over 130 bookplates for friends and colleagues both in the UK and abroad.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for assistance. This drawing will appear under reference no. X 0620 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne
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Original lithographic plate
25 x 15 cmProvenance: Kenneth Centre; private collection
framed in a shadow box frame on a red colour field
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Watercolour and ink
7 5/16 x 8 1/16 ins (18.5 x 20.5 cm)Provenance: Marion Phipps
In a wooden gilded frame.
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