c1905, oil on board, 62×41.5cm
Inscription: monogram
Provenance: Phillips, 17 June 1997, Lot 53; Liss Fine Art; private collection
Related work: Fruit Picker in Building the New Home, State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA (M1135)
Exhibited: FAS, 2006, cat 26
Literature: Alford @ Horner, Brangwyn in His Studio, Guildford, 2004, p78. Horner, 2006, p63.
Illustrated: Scribner’s Magazine, cover, Vol XXXVIII, October 1905. Phillips cataogue, 1997. Horner, 2006, p62.
Despite being financially secure by 1905 Brangwyn continued to accept commercial commissions, as with this for the cover of Scribner’s Magazine, the gold painted bar across the painting relating to the magazine format.
Image courtesy Liss Llewllyn.