The Last Load

Details

Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A., R.S.W. (1867-1956)
The Last Load
signed and dated 'F.BRANGWYN 1887.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 44 in. (71.1 x 111.8 cm.)

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, December 1989, no. 12586.

Literature

W. Shaw-Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn and his work, Boston, 1925, p. 220.
V. Galloway, Oils & Murals of Sir Frank Brangwyn RA 1867-1956, Leigh-on-Sea, 1962, p. 38, no. 319.

Exhibited

London, New English Art Club, 1889, no. 8.

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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The Last Load dates from Brangwyn's first journey to Cornwall in October 1887, where he developed his technique painting en plein-air in the harbours of Mevagissey, St Austell, Goran Haven and Fowey. Although the harbour is as yet unidentified, the colouring of the present work, along with the artist's use of space and the square brush technique, are comparable to his most important picture from this expedition, Fowey Harbour, Cornwall, sold in these Rooms on 27 November 2002, lot 29 (£182,650).

We are grateful to Dr Libby Horner and Professor Kenneth McConkey for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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