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Gerald Leslie BrockhurstThe Dancer (Anais)1925
1925
About the Item
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1891-1978), The Dancer (Anais), 1925, etching, signed lower right and dedicated by the artist (to F.L. Berry, Esq.) lower left [also signed and dated in reverse in the plate lower left]. Reference: Fletcher 52, seventh state (of 7). From the edition of 107. In good condition, with slightest toning, with full margins and as issued and (not archivally) matted, 9 1/4 x 5 1/2, the sheet 15 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches.
Provenance: F. L. Berry (not in Lugt, see note below)
Roddy Willis has graciously provided an extensive background note on this provenance, which I quote from with permission: “Francis Berry, Wine Merchant of 3 St James Street was my wife’s grandfather! I recently came upon his old journal of art purchases and sales when clearing out my mother in law’s flat after she died in March. Sadly Francis Berry died prematurely in 1936 but he must have known Gerald Brockhurst; most of his art collection appears to have been sold at Christies after his death ( a bit of a blow!). I have however found an entry which reads ‘ Etching ‘The Dancer’ after a pencil drawing in FLB’s possession; inscribed ‘to FLB’ – gift of the artist Dec 1925. Published Jan 1926 . It looks as though the etching was sold at Christies 12/36 for £30-00 !”
A fine impression with exquisite detailing, printed in a dark brownish black ink on laid Whatman paper, with the Whatman watermark.
Brockhurst was one of the outstanding British artists of the early 20th Century, hugely popular in the ’20’s and early ’30’s. Today he seems to be gaining renown for his poignant images of young women and girls (including the famed Adolescence) and several portraits of contemporaries (Rushbury, McBey); and for classic portraits such as The Dancer; to print lovers impressions such as this example show him at his best: an artist able to capture his subject through mastery of both etching technique and draftsmanship.
- Creator:Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890 - 1978, English)
- Creation Year:1925
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- Condition:Very good condition, as described.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU51531667183
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
(b Birmingham, 31 Oct. 1890; d Franklin Lakes, NJ, 4 May 1978). British-born painter and etcher who became an American citizen in 1949. Precociously gifted, an excellent draughtsman, and a fine craftsman, Brockhurst won several prizes at the Royal Academy Schools and went on to have a highly successful career as a society portraitist, first in Britain and then in the USA, where he settled in 1939, working in New York and New Jersey. He is best known for his portraits of glamorous women, painted in an eye-catching, dramatically lit, formally posed style similar to that later associated with Annigoni. As an etcher Brockhurst is remembered particularly for Adolescence (1932), a powerful study of a naked girl on the verge of womanhood staring broodingly into a mirror—one of the masterpieces of 20th-century printmaking.
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