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HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)

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22.03.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 922763
Lot 190 | HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)
HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)

On the Front, Blackpool

signed with a fly (lower left), signed again, inscribed and dated '''Hurry Everyone” called Grandpa “Father Christmas is going/to drive along the Prom./and Mother bustled George and I into our thick coats –/Aunt Mary called ''I’ll go and tell Miss Carter (who wore/Pink) and we’ll see if Mr Taylor (The Bank Manager) will/come with us. We’ll meet you at the Tram'' with that she/hurried out. Aunt Charlotte & Aunt Francis and Grandma/took our hands while Mother saw to the dogs (Gyp & Barney)/We all met at the Tram and drove to the Central/Pier and no sooner had we arrived when the/beautiful white Circus Horses came trotting along/and in a golden Chariot was Father Christmas and/his beautiful Fairies. All the Children rushed to/catch and gather the tiny pieces of Pink Blackpool Rock./Although Mother wouldn’t allow George and I to rush we both got/our pockets full and the year was 1907./Helen Layfield Bradley 1969.’ (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)

oil on canvas laid on board

24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm.)

Painted in 1969.





Provenance

with Windsor & Eton Fine Arts, Windsor, where purchased by John R. Millen, Middlesex.

with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 1999.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Helen Bradley, London, Richard Green, 1996, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Richard Green, Helen Bradley, April 1996, exhibition not numbered.



Special notice


Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Artist:Helen Bradley (1900 - 1979)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Cityscape
Category:Painting
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