Hart's Farm, Clayhidon, Devon
Pencil and charcoal on paper, circa 1917, a unique drawing. (sight) 10 x 8 3/8 in. (the full sheet measures 11 3/4 x 13 in.) Signed in the lower right "RPV" with the artist's stamp. This is the study for his lithograph (and oil painting) of the same subject. (See Dry 27.) Bevan was a British painter and lithographer. During the 1890s he traveled a good deal and he met Gauguin at Pont-Aven in 1894. In 1900 he settled in London, where he became a member of Sickert's circle (he was a founding member of the Camden Town Group in 1911 and of the London Group in 1913). His work was much influenced by Gauguin's bold color and flat patterning, and in his last years his style became increasingly simplified and schematic. He is best known for paintings featuring horses. Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London (their label, verso) and Brown & Darby, London (their label verso). This fine drawing was exhibited at the British Art Fair, 2023. The drawing is beautifully framed with the mat opening only showing the inner drawing and not the marginalia.
$5,000