Maxwell Armfield (1882-1972)

Peaches and Glass

Details

Maxwell Armfield (1882-1972)
Peaches and Glass
signed with a monogram lower right
tempera on panel
11½ x 14 in. (29 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1952

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jolley.

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, Maxwell Armfield, March-April 1966, no.38.
London, Fine Art Society, Homage to Maxwell Armfield, April-May 1970, no.80.
Southampton, Art Gallery, Maxwell Armfield 1882-1972, June-July 1978, ex-catalogue: this exhibition travelled to Birmingham, Art Gallery (August-September 1978); and London, Fine Art Society (October-November 1978).

Lot Essay

The wooden box depicted in this work was formerly in the possession of the artist Joseph Southall and given to Armfield by the former's widow. Southall had stored his watercolour blocks in the box. The glass is in the possession of the present owner.

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