£1,000

Signed with monogram
Red chalk
16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Provenance: Tom Lunzy

To be included in Dr Horner's forthcoming catalogue raisonne (erf no. D4750)
We are grateful to Dr. Horner for assistance.
£1,200

inscribed with title under mount
pen and ink with white hights
16 x 14 in. (40.6 x 35.6 cm.)

Horner ref D2487
Study for St. Martin's Bridge, Toledo, etching, (Gaunt no. 298)
£400

Signed with monogram
Pen and brush
3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (9.6 x 13 cm.)

Provenance: William de Belleroche, sale of his collection of works by Brangwyn, Christies 18th July 1961, lot 9

Literature: N Gillow, Catalogue of Works by Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA, William Morris Gallery, 1974, p. 73
£1,500

signed with monogram
pencil and watercolour 22 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (56.5 x 37 cm.)
Provenance: Edgar Peacock

Exhibited: The Fine Art Society 2006; Leeds City Art Gallery; Brugge, Swansea

Litereature: Brangwyn, A Mission to Decorate Life, p. 176, ill
£1,200

Signed with monogram,
inscribed under the mount, Some well known Jack Smiley
and FB 'Rothschild' in Belleroche's handink and wash
7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8cm)

Provenance: Count William de Belleroche; Gordon Anderson
Framed in a gilded oak square section frame with broad flat oak inner slip

We are grateful to Libby Horner for her assistance
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Unframed
Etching, 1st state
inscribed 1st state in pencil and titled; signed with initials W de B

15 3/8 x 11 in. (39 x 28 cms.) overall; 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (17.5 x 13.4 cm.) plate.

Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931, book 1 p. 161

A version of this etching (also from William de Belleroche's collection) was exhibited at the 1952 Brangwyn Royal Academy show, (no. 130). Another version (final state) is in the collection of the Ashmoleon Museum, Arthur Mitchell Collection, acquired in 1964).

The text for Lâ€™Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes, and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwynâ€™s illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were based on photographs.

We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance. This etching is no E 3089 in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne.

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Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956

Frank Brangwyn was born in Bruges, Belgium, the son of an English father and Welsh mother. The family returned to London in 1874, Brangwyn's father gaining work as a designer of buildings, embroideries and furniture. Although Brangwyn appears to have had little formal education, whether academic or artistic, his earliest mentors were three of the most influential men in design at the turn of the century: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, William Morris and Siegfried Bing. Between 1884 and 1887 Brangwyn travelled to Kent, Cornwall and Devon, before venturing further with trips to Turkey in 1888, South Africa in 1891, Spain in 1892 and Morocco in 1893. Brangwyn was an independent artist, an experimenter and innovator, capable of working on both large and small scale projects, ranging from murals, oil paintings, watercolours, etchings, woodcuts and lithographs to designs for architecture, interiors, stained glass, furniture, carpets, ceramics and jewellery, as well as book illustrations, bookplates and commercial posters. It is estimated that he produced over 12,000 works during his lifetime. Mural commissions included the Worshipful Company of Skinners, London (1902-09), St Aidan's church, Leeds (1908-16), Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Canada (1918-21), Christ's Hospital, Horsham (1912-23), State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA (1915-25), the British Empire panels, Swansea (1925-32), and Rockefeller Center, New York (1930-34). Brangwyn married Lucy Ray in 1896 and took on the lease of Temple Lodge, Hammersmith, in 1900. In 1918 the artist purchased The Jointure, Ditchling, where he spent most of his time following his wife's death in 1924. Elected RA in 1919, knighted in 1924, holder of countless artistic awards, Brangwyn was modest about his singular achievements, regarding art as an occupation and describing himself as a designer.