c1920
wood engraving, 8.9x9cm
Inscription: Lettering bottom right of plate ‘C.W.COUS/HIS BOOK.’
Owners: Bruges (0.2/119), Brangwyn gift.
Study: Private collection, CW Cous, 8.7x9cm, ink sketch on shiny paper, inscribed ‘Sketch for the plate of C W Cous USA Chie [?]’ above the drawing of three pigs on Flemish roof overlooking city, and below the words ‘C.W. Cous is connected with the making of sausage’ together with three sausage links.
Literature: Marechal, 1987, p274.
Illustrated: Bookplates, 1920, plate 69. Marechal, 1987, p274. Old Matsukata Collection The, Kobe City Museum, 1989, p101
Exhibited: Brussels, 1937 (182). Bruges, 1987. Kobe, 1989 (B-33) Bruges loan
Three curly tailed pigs sit on a stepped Flemish roof with a town beyond.