ID 1051450
Lot 227 | HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Oh, What a Pity it's Starting to Snow
signed with a fly (lower left), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Oh what a pity it's starting to Snow ... which/meant that George & I & the dogs, Gyp & Barney would/miss our afternoon walk to the end of Spring/Lane to the Cemetery to look at the little white/angel. ''Dear me'' said Miss Carter (who wore Pink)/I think we'd better go home. Aunt Frances & Aunt/Charlotte offered to lend her an umbrella, but/Mr. Taylor (the Bank Manager) very gallantly offered/her his. ''You must all call in for a cup of/Tea'', said Mother, ''and here's our New Curate and/dear Mrs Maitland and Emily, do please come/also'' but George & I had seen Mrs Murgatroyd/with Willie & Annie. They had pea shooters and a/bag of peas each, but it wasn't the pea shooters which/made George cry. It was Willie saying he could hear/Billy Murphy's Tiger breathing quite close & it would/eat George up. ''Nothing of the sort'' said Grandma & Mrs/Murgatroyd boxed Willie's ears and the year was 1906/Helen Layfield Bradley 1971.' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on board
24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.2 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
with Mercury Gallery, London, where purchased by Mrs S. Oppenheim, M.P., in October 1971.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 September 1999, lot 208.
with MacConnal-Mason, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Artist: | Helen Bradley (1900 - 1979) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Helen Bradley (1900 - 1979) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||||
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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