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Percy John Delf Smith, R.D.I.Scythers Resting /// Percy John Delf Smith WWI War Artist Farming Landscape Art1924
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About the Item
Artist: Percy John Delf Smith (English, 1882-1948)
Title: "Scythers Resting"
*Signed by Delf Smith in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signature) lower left
Year: 1924
Medium: Original Drypoint Etching on wove paper
Limited edition: 56/100
Printer: likely the artist Delf Smith himself, London, England
Publisher: likely the artist Delf Smith himself, London, England
Framing: Recently framed in a traditional black-sided gold moulding with a 100% cotton rag matting and 92% UV protective Artglass
Framed size: 18.13" x 15.75"
Sheet size: 11" x 9"
Image size: 7.5" x 5.38"
Condition: A strong impression in excellent condition
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: acquired from Allinson Gallery, Inc., Storrs, CT in 2021. Numbered by Delf Smith in pencil lower left. Printed in one color from one copper plate: black. The title pencil inscribed, likely by the artist, on verso.
Biography:
Percy John Delf Smith RDI (March 1882 – 30 October 1948) was a British artist who worked in engraving, painting, lettering, calligraphy and book design.
During the First World War, Delf Smith enlisted in the Royal Marines as a volunteer, serving on the Western Front in France. In his early thirties, he was older than most men serving. A lot of his war service was spent digging trenches behind the front lines, at one point coming under bombardment, seeing four men killed and six wounded nearby. Delf Smith as a serving soldier and not an official War Artist was several times reprimanded for drawing because of security concerns, although he received more freedom to carry out art over time through making connections with other soldiers. Finding sketching unsatisfying, he requested that his parents send him some copper plates and he created drypoint engravings of the war around Thiepval before and after being invalided out from France in June 1917. After his set of realistic depictions of the battlefield, he created a later series of seven prints, "Dance of Death", updating the medieval imagery of the dance of death to the war.
After the war, Delf Smith returned to London, where he worked as a designer and artist through his company, the Dorno Workshop and Studio (earlier Dorian Workshop and Studio), creating and executing designs for clients including The Sunday Times, the National Museum of Wales, King's College London, Southampton Civic Centre, the BBC, the Boy Scouts Association and London Transport. He also worked as a book designer. Reading Wuthering Heights had a strong effect on him and he created several sets of art inspired by it. In 1928, he married botanist Ellen Marion Delf, both from then on using the name Delf Smith. His wife's friend Margaret T. Martin described it as "the happiest of marriages". One of his assistants was William Sharpington, who later established his own successful studio. One of his last projects was two war memorial panels for the Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb.
- Creator:Percy John Delf Smith, R.D.I. (1882 - 1948, British)
- Creation Year:1924
- Dimensions:Height: 18.13 in (46.06 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121215305732
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