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

The Idler, Bretenoux

Details

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)
The Idler, Bretenoux
signed 'W.RUSSELL FLINT' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'The Idler, Bretenoux/W Russell Flint/October 1965' (on the reverse), and signed again and inscribed 'The Malingerer, Bretenoux/(Périgord, Sot. France)/W Russell Flint' (on the backboard)
watercolour
19 x 26 in. (48 x 66 cm.)

Provenance

with Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham.
with Frost and Reed, London.

Lot Essay

In Périgord, a south west region of France, Flint found 'ancient enclosures and arcaded streets with cunning vistas that refused to be ignored'. The present work shows a courtyard in the small town of Bretenoux (see R. Lewis and K. Gardner, Sir William Russell Flint, London, 1988, p. 22).

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