An Italian fruit stall

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SIR FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A., R.W.S., P.R.B.A. (1867-1956)
An Italian fruit stall
signed twice with initials 'FB' (centre left) and with a letter from Brangwyn to F.E. Fitness dated 6 March 1922 (attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1⁄4 x 40 1⁄8 in. (76.8 x 101.9 cm.)
in the original frame

Provenance

F.E. Fitness, Spencerhurst, Northamptonshire, by March 1922, by whom given to his daughter for her birthday;
Mrs Sidney Black, Monkhams Lane, Woodford Green, Essex, 24 December 1922.
with The Fine Arts Society, London, April 1985, no. 8086.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1987, lot 35, where purchased for the present collection.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

F.E. Fitness was Brangwyn's tailor and a part-time antiques dealer who helped find many items for the artist's house, The Jointure, Ditchling. He also gained for Brangwyn the commission for a memorial window at the Congregational Church, Northampton in 1921.
We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. The oil is number O-0362 in her catalogue raisonné.

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