A Gift of Gladioli: Cecilia

Details

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
A Gift of Gladioli: Cecilia
signed 'W. RUSSELL FLINT' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated 'A Gift of Gladioli/ (Cecilia)/ W Russell Flint/ June 1965' (on the reverse)
watercolour on paper, laid on board
15 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (38.8 x 43.8 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 3 December 2002, lot 42.
with Richard Green, where purchased by the present owners.

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.

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Lot Essay

Cecilia Green was Russell Flint's favourite model, and one who greatly shaped the latter part of his career. She sat for him hundreds of times between 1953 and 1966, fulfilling his ideas of the 'perfect' model he had long since sought. Her delicate beauty is here echoed by the elegant stem of the gladioli she holds.

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