A Native Brandy Still

Details

SIR FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A., R.W.S., P.R.B.A. (1867-1956)
A Native Brandy Still
signed and dated 'F. Brangwyn 1891' (lower right) and inscribed 'A Native Brandy Still' (in pencil, on the reverse)
oil on board
12 1⁄8 x 17 in. (30.8 x 43.3 cm.)

Provenance

Walter Spindler, April 1892.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 21 July 1988, lot 294, as 'The Distillery'.
with Bernard Jacobsen Gallery, London, June 1989, where purchased for the present collection.

Literature

W. Shaw-Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn and his work, London, 1915, p. 224.
V. Galloway, The Oils and Murals of Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1962, p. 56, no. 592.

Exhibited

London, The Japanese Gallery, Bond Street, March 1892.

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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Following the success of his exhibition of watercolours at the Royal Arcade Gallery, Bond Street, under the title From the Scheldt to the Danube, in March 1891, Brangwyn was invited to visit South Africa by Larkin's Japanese Gallery, Bond Street, and to hold an exhibition on his return.
An impressionistic and yet finely detailed painting, A Native Brandy Still is typical of Brangwyn's South African series. The palette and square brush technique are reminiscent of other early works such as Bark Stripping, 1887, sold in these rooms, 23 November 2017, lot 110 (£35,000).
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. The oil is number O-0102 in her catalogue raisonné.

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