Ranchi Art & Antiquarian Books
Ranchi Art & Antiquarian Books
May 20, 2019
Falmouth from Flushing village, watercolour and gouache, titled, signed G.M. Avondale, c1920. Original frame. £250.00 Watercolour and gouache on card, titled and signed. Dimensions : Frame : 305mm x 435mm x 17mm. Image : 145mm x 272mm. Weight : 1.080kg. Condition : Quite good. Falmouth, Cornwall, viewed from Flushing village, with marine traffic, watercolour on card, titled "Falmouth from Flushing", signed G.M. Avondale, c1920. Framed. The watercolour painting depicts Falmouth Harbour viewed from Flushing village with ships in port and passing vessels on a sultry summer's morning. A distant sailing vessel is highlighted in gouache drawing one's attention to the adjacent inner harbour; counterbalance highlights in the scrub (lower rh corner). The scene is typical of the work of G.M. Avondale, aka Garman Morris, who specialised in coastal maritime landscapes. This work is titled in the artist's hand, in brown paint, "Falmouth from Flushing" in the lower lh corner and signed G.M. Avondale, in his usual style, in the lower rh quarter adjacent to the headland scrub. Original framer's faded label attached at centre upper edge "B.......& Moss Carpenter & Picture Frame Maker, Painter.....F..ger...Etc. 109, C.......Road, Falmouth" (Research continuing). Customer's name, Mr EC Moss, in faded pencil script lh quarter. Old hanging wire attached to old screw-eyes. A maritime study by this prolific early 20thC artist. Shipping : UK : Free Delivery. Europe : £30.00. World : £40.00
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