Silence in July

Carlyle Brown painted Silence in July while staying at West Dean between February and September 1948, and received $900 for the painting. The figure in the lower left corner of the painting is Plutarco Gastelum, who was Edward James' close friend and estate manager in Mexico at Xilitla. Another version of his portrait on canvas, Head of Plutarco, was sold from the Edward James Collection Sale, Christie's, 2-6 June 1986, lot 1685.