Brockley in April

Details

David Jones (1895-1974)
Brockley in April
signed and dated 'DAVID JONES/26' (lower right), inscribed and dated again 'April at Brockley SE4 April 1926' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm.)

Provenance

The artist's estate.
with Anthony d'Offay, London.

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Lot Essay

The present work is one of a number of watercolours executed by Jones between 1925 and 1927 at his parents' house on Howson Road, Brockley, a south-eastern suburb of London. A similar composition, A Town Garden, 1926 (private collection) is illustrated in N. Gray, The Paintings of David Jones, London, 1989, pl. 14.

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