Sister Ursula, Bruges (V1475)

Prints

10.3×10.7cm


Edition: Private collection, original woodblock composed of two blocks. Prov: LLFA in 2006


Owners: Bruges (0.816, 2 copies), one signed in full in pencil, one No ‘II’ and other ‘V’, Brangwyn gift. London V&A (E.5131-1960)

Literature: Marechal, 1987, p131


Illustrated: Bruges, introduction page. Shaw Sparrow, 1919, p77, 155. Furst Herbert, Modern Woodcutters No 2, Frank Brangwyn RA, London: Morland Press Ltd, November 1920. Shaw Sparrow Walter, Advertising and British Art. An introduction to a vast subject, London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924, p163. Marechal, 1987, p131. Old Matsukata Collection The, Kobe City Museum, 1989, p102


Exhibited: Brussels, 1937 (104)

Young smiling nun left highlighted against a sunburst and the medieval belfry in the centre of Bruges.