From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
Original Watercolour : Under a Chestnut Tree From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
1915.
Original ink and watercolour, heightened in gold, on paper. 20cm x 25cm. Signed in full to the lower right hand corner. In fine, clean condition.
A striking painting with a distinctive Glasgow feel. Below the image, in the artist's trademark stylised lettering, is the legend' "And being weary she sat down under a chestnut tree to rest."
This image was drawn for the Oscar Wilde fairy story, 'The Star Child'.
PROVENANCE: From the collection of A.D. Portno
LITERATURE: A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (Methuen, 1915), opposite p.142.
Stock ID: 42863
£12,500.00
