Lot Essay
Brabazon's friend Emil Sauer who accompanied his friend on one of his trips to Africa described how he would 'sit crouched between camel drivers and snake charmers to sketch.'
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Near the Arabian City of Aden, Yemen
Details
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Near the Arabian City of Aden, Yemen
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and with inscription 'Village near Aden' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, on grey paper
7¾ x 9.5/8 in. (19.6 x 24.4 cm.)
Near the Arabian City of Aden, Yemen
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and with inscription 'Village near Aden' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, on grey paper
7¾ x 9.5/8 in. (19.6 x 24.4 cm.)
Provenance
with The Albany Gallery, London.
Exhibited
London, Leighton House, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1971, no. 24.
London, The Fine Art Society, 1974, no. 28, as 'Casablanca'.
Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 17.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 58.
London, Chris Beetles, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906): Exhibition of Watercolours and Pastels, 12 November-18 December 1982, no. 180.
London, The Fine Art Society, 1974, no. 28, as 'Casablanca'.
Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 17.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 58.
London, Chris Beetles, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906): Exhibition of Watercolours and Pastels, 12 November-18 December 1982, no. 180.