Drawings from Capricedardour

Pen & ink, graphite drawing. A fine study of the artist's housekeeper and lover, Hilda. Unsigned; on wove paper, and laid to backing paper with a hand drawn border. - Condition: typical for a picture of this age, with some minor discolouration and only a few very mild tiny foxing spots; quite good. - Size: 10.4" x 5.2";… Read more about this item

A beautiful study of the artist's lover and housekeeper, Hilda sleeping, drawn in graphite and charcoal; an intimate study, sensitively capturing Hilda's relaxed pose. Signed and dated, 1923; on watermarked laid paper. Fixed at the corners to backing card. - Size: 5.8" x 11.6"; sheet size: 8' x 13.4". - Condition: fine. - Provenance: ex collection of… Read more about this item

A finely drawn group of intimate pastel studies, showing the artist's lover, Hilda, and there's quite tender, subtle beauty in these drawings. The sheets vary in size; the largest, on cream white paper, measures (22 x 14,5cm), the smallest (13 x 9cm). Unsigned; on wove paper. - Condition: a few mild foxing spots (at upper left corner) of the… Read more about this item

An atmospheric study, pen and ink, with charcoal. Cross-hatching has been used to pick out the heavy contrast between the shadow and light fabric around the sitter's waist. - Signed, upper right corner (and perhaps also dated; '11); on wove paper. - Condition: there is some surface dirt and light discolouration to the edges of the page; otherwise… Read more about this item

A pen and ink study with watercolour wash depicting a traditional rural country side scene. Hope Read adopts a classic English School style, representing the quaint compositional features in his own illustrative style. - Unsigned; on thick wove paper. - Condition: there are pinhole marks to the corners and light discolouration to the page. Overall the appearance is… Read more about this item

mai 20, Ste Maxime; 172 x 248mm. Original watercolour drawing, unsigned, but annotated and dated, 1920, in the left lower corner. In fine condition. - Sainte Maxime is a seaside resort in the south of France, not far from St-Tropez, and its looks have meantime changed considerably. - [Shipping costs slightly reduced for all destinations]