Live Auction 11148Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
Lot 106

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)

A Gift of Gladioli: Cecilia

Closed16 June 2015

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GBP 56,250

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Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
A Gift of Gladioli: Cecilia
signed 'W. RUSSELL FLINT' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated 'A Gift of Gladioli/ (Cecilia)/ W Russell Flint/ June 1965' (on the reverse)
watercolour on paper, laid on board
15 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (38.8 x 43.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 3 December 2002, lot 42.
with Richard Green, where purchased by the present owners.

Specialist note

Cecilia Green was Russell Flint's favourite model, and one who greatly shaped the latter part of his career. She sat for him hundreds of times between 1953 and 1966, fulfilling his ideas of the 'perfect' model he had long since sought. Her delicate beauty is here echoed by the elegant stem of the gladioli she holds.