Winter Landscape (On the morning of my 10th Birthday)
Details
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
Winter Landscape (On the morning of my 10th Birthday)
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' (lower right) and with a fly (lower left)
oil on panel
15 x 19¼ in. (38.1 x 48.9 cm.)
Sold with a label inscribed and dated by the artist 'On the morning of my tenth birthday, the postman/came with a big box for me, "whatever can it be" -/"it's come from Holland". I was in such a hurry/to open it I said, "Let us cut the string", but "no" said/Mother, "we never cut string", "I'll help you to undo it"/Inside was a real Dutch costume including a/pair of wooden clogs. The skirt, the pretty white/apron and the velvet bodice fit me perfectly. In/the letter my Dear Aunt Anne had included in/the parcel, she wished I was with her, staying in/a lovely old farm house, and what fun we would/have skating on the frozen canal, and when we became/very good, we would skate all the way to Haarlem/which was a beautiful place. We will take Woof/with us - the big, black farm dog, and there he is/watching me trying to skate, and, there's George/with the little girl from the farm, and the year was/1910' (on a label sold with the painting).
Sold with the original 1977 Anvil Gallery receipt.
Winter Landscape (On the morning of my 10th Birthday)
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' (lower right) and with a fly (lower left)
oil on panel
15 x 19¼ in. (38.1 x 48.9 cm.)
Sold with a label inscribed and dated by the artist 'On the morning of my tenth birthday, the postman/came with a big box for me, "whatever can it be" -/"it's come from Holland". I was in such a hurry/to open it I said, "Let us cut the string", but "no" said/Mother, "we never cut string", "I'll help you to undo it"/Inside was a real Dutch costume including a/pair of wooden clogs. The skirt, the pretty white/apron and the velvet bodice fit me perfectly. In/the letter my Dear Aunt Anne had included in/the parcel, she wished I was with her, staying in/a lovely old farm house, and what fun we would/have skating on the frozen canal, and when we became/very good, we would skate all the way to Haarlem/which was a beautiful place. We will take Woof/with us - the big, black farm dog, and there he is/watching me trying to skate, and, there's George/with the little girl from the farm, and the year was/1910' (on a label sold with the painting).
Sold with the original 1977 Anvil Gallery receipt.
Provenance
with Anvil Gallery (incorporating the Helen Bradley Centre), Cumbria, where purchased by Mr D.A.K. Gibson, 4 October 1977.
with Clark Art Ltd, Cheshire, where purchased by the present owner, 2007.
with Clark Art Ltd, Cheshire, where purchased by the present owner, 2007.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.