Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)

Washerwomen by the Drme, between Crest and Aouste

Details

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)
Washerwomen by the Drme, between Crest and Aouste
signed 'W. RUSSELL FLINT' (lower right), signed again, dated and inscribed 'Washerwomen on the Drme/(Between Crest & Aouste/May 1960)/W Russell Flint' (on the backboard)
watercolour
11 x 15 in. (28 x 38 cm.)

Provenance

with Frost and Reed, London.
Anon sale; Sotheby's, 25 June 1980, lot 255, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Sir William Russell Flint Exhibition, 1962, no.55 (illustrated).

Sale room notice

This watercolour is inscribed 'Washerwomen on the river Drme, near Crest/W Russell Flint May 25 1960' (on the reverse).

Lot Essay

In the Royal Academy Exhibition Catalogue for 1962, Flint recorded executing the present work: 'One fine morning at Crest my companion knew, as became an Admiral, exactly what he wanted to paint while I had no idea. I got him settled, precariously, on the sloping river bank. Then I drove slowly along the little road on the south side of the Drme, spied this subject and got out and painted it'.

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