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

'Then the people brought her clothes'

細節

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)
'Then the people brought her clothes'
signed and dated 'W.RUSSELL FLINT. MCMXI.' (lower right), inscribed 'Then the people brought her clothes. And when she was arrayed/Sir Lancelot thought she was the fairest lady of the world, but/if were Queen Guinevere/Le Morte Darthur Book XI Chap I' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
11 x 8½ in. (28 x 22 cm.)

來源

with Frost and Reed, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 18 November 1977, lot 144, where purchased by the present owner.

拍品專文

Flint was commissioned to illustrate the 1910-11 Medici Society edition of Sir Thomas Malory's, Le Morte d'Arthur. The work won him a silver medal at the Paris Salon in 1913. He recalled: 'Medievalism was the vogue and when Lee Warner asked me to illustrate a four-volume limited edition of Malory's classic I leapt at the chance. The long tale is so rich in imagery, so stimulating and full of colour that I enjoyed my two-year job and was sorry when it ended - the devotional magnificence of some of the chapters had gripped me' (see Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., Royal Academy Diploma Gallery exhibition catalogue, London, 1962, p. 43).