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Jane, How Wise You Were to Choose Black
細節
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Jane, How Wise You Were to Choose Black
signed with a fly (lower left), inscribed 'Oh Jane, how wise you were to choose Black!/cried Aunt Mary and Aunt Frances while Miss/Carter (who wore Pink) was, for once speechless -/Black was just becoming fashionable for/Evening Wear. Having always been reserved/for Funerals and Mourning./Miss Taylor,/who made all our Best dresses really had/excelled herself, adding a tiny Bustle at/the back, just like Queen Alexandra's latest/style, but said Mother, I feel terribly/naked round my neck and it will mean/I shall have to leave any chemise off and/I'm sure to be cold', 'Why Jane', said Grandma waking/up'. You can have my paisley shawl and the year was 1908/Helen Layfield Bradley 1970' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board
17 x 21 in. (43.8 x 54 cm.)
Jane, How Wise You Were to Choose Black
signed with a fly (lower left), inscribed 'Oh Jane, how wise you were to choose Black!/cried Aunt Mary and Aunt Frances while Miss/Carter (who wore Pink) was, for once speechless -/Black was just becoming fashionable for/Evening Wear. Having always been reserved/for Funerals and Mourning./Miss Taylor,/who made all our Best dresses really had/excelled herself, adding a tiny Bustle at/the back, just like Queen Alexandra's latest/style, but said Mother, I feel terribly/naked round my neck and it will mean/I shall have to leave any chemise off and/I'm sure to be cold', 'Why Jane', said Grandma waking/up'. You can have my paisley shawl and the year was 1908/Helen Layfield Bradley 1970' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board
17 x 21 in. (43.8 x 54 cm.)
來源
with Mercury Gallery, London, where purchased by Peter Froggat in May 1970.
with Anvil Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 1976.
with Anvil Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 1976.