Lot 68: Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949)

On est bien au bord de la mer signed and dated 'Edward Wadsworth 1928-1929' (lower right) tempera 18 x 37 in. (45.5 x 94 cm.) Executed in 1928-29. PROVENANCE Purchased directly from the artist by the family of the present owners, circa 1938-39. LITERATURE B. Wadsworth, Edward Wadsworth, A Painter's Life, Salisbury, 1989, no.W/A 100. R. Cork, Blast and Dazzle, Independent Magazine, 10 March 1990, p.38 (illustrated). EXHIBITION Heckmondwike, Arts Council of Great Britain, Picture of the Month : this exhibition travelled to Rawdon, Morley, Pontefract, Cleckheaton and Ossett (catalogue not traced). London, Arthur Tooth & Sons. Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Edward Wadsworth Centenary, October 1989-January 1990, no.99: this exhibition travelled to London, Camden Arts Centre, March-April 1990.