Betty Swanwick, R.A. (1915-1989)

The River; Study for The River

Details

Betty Swanwick, R.A. (1915-1989)
The River; Study for The River
pencil and watercolour
19 x 20 in. (48.3 x 50.8 cm.) (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, April 1997, where purchased by Mary Edmonds.

Literature

P. Rossmore, Betty Swanwick: Artist and Visionary, London, 2008, p. 77, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1970, no. 518.

Further details

We are grateful to Paddy Rossmore for his assistance in cataloguing lots 34-40. His book Betty Swanwick: Artist and Visionary, London, 2008, is available to purchase from the Royal Academy Book Shop).

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Lot Essay

Swanwick spoke of how she developed an idea for a picture from drawings 'I put down the reactions in very rough shapes, symbols and movements ... Then in my working place at home I begin a very large free drawing, usually in pencil. I feel my way round in this drawing, changing things about and being completely ruthless if necessary. After this adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying there finally emerges a clear design' (P. Rossmore, Betty Swanwick: Artist and Visionary, London, 2008, p. 147).

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