The Balcony, Bedford Square, Brighton

Details

WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
The Balcony, Bedford Square, Brighton
signed with initials 'R^d. St' (lower left)
oil on board
8 ½ x 10 5⁄8 in. (21.5 x 27 cm.)
Painted in 1915.

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.
Mr H.H. Marks, Oxted, 1934.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 16 March 2004, lot 16.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner, 2005.

Literature

W. Baron, Sickert: Paintings and Drawings, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 444, no. 476, illustrated.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

In August and September 1915, Sickert stayed in Brighton with his friend and patron Walter Taylor, whose house, at 4 Bedford Square, faced the sea and promenade. The present painting depicts the first-floor balcony of the house, from which Spencer Gore, who had stayed with Taylor in the summer of 1913, had produced two paintings of the pier (Southampton Art Gallery and Mellon Bank).

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