Lot Essay
Brockhurst often painted on a white gesso ground to improve luminosity, preferring the patented Crossland Flexibile Gesso which comprised gesso and muslin loosely laid over a blind stretcher.
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Portrait of Mrs Lebus
Details
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978)
Portrait of Mrs Lebus
signed 'BROCKHURST' (lower left)
oil on gesso
34 x 28 7/8 in. (86.3 x 73.3 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs Lebus
signed 'BROCKHURST' (lower left)
oil on gesso
34 x 28 7/8 in. (86.3 x 73.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, Knightsbridge, 22 February 2005, lot 118, where purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Brought to you by
Clare Keiller
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