Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and P & D Colnaghi
Ranunculus (Anaïs)
1920
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 387 x 260 mm. (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Plate: 201 x 149 mm. (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, in Memory of their Son, David F. Vanderryn, and in Honor of Jay McKean Fisher
Object Number
1994.176
The etching is based upon a 1919 painting. Anaïs, the artist's first wife, is holding a ranunculus flower, probably a buttercup.
Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "GL Brockhurst" lower left in graphite: "W.25 Ranunculus"; by later hand, upper left in graphite: "Produce of England"; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "25/40551"
Markings: none
Artist
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1889–1977
American, born England, 1890-1978
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