Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (1867-1956), Bark stripping

Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (1867-1956)
Bark stripping
signed and dated 'Frank Brangwyn. 87' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Bark Stripping/Frank Brangwyn' (on a partial label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
46 ¾ x 62 in. (118.8 x 157.5 cm.)

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.

Provenance
Sir Frederick Eley, Bt, by 1946.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1960, lot 116 (£16 to Cohen).
Private Collection, Milan.

Literature
W.S. Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn and His Work, London, 1915, p. 30.
V. Galloway, The Oils and Murals of Sir Frank Brangwyn, Leigh-on-Sea, 1962, no. 56.

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1888, no. 300.