Helen Bradley
The Sun Looked Down (unframed)
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Modern British & Irish Art, Lot 31
17. Jul - 17. Jul 2024
Modern British & Irish Art, Lot 31
17. Jul - 17. Jul 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Helen Bradley (British, 1900-1979)
The Sun Looked Down
signed, dated and with fly insignia 'Helen Bradley 1978' (upper left); further signed, dated and inscribed 'The sun looked down/The world of yesterday was gone/Dust enveloped what was its beauty/Only blackened earth remained/Human shapes, still and silent/Charcoal trees holding up their hands/To God, and a voice whispered,/thro the desolation, "They that do wickedly/shall burn", and it was so/How after the great cry "Have Mercy"/"Have Mercy", the Earth in its Beauty/became nothing but a cinder.'/Helen Bradley 1978' (on sheet verso)
oil on paper
26.5 x 37cm (10 7/16 x 14 9/16in).
(unframed)
together with three further works on paper, of a similar subject, by the same hand
The Artist, from whom acquired by the previous owner | Acquired from the above by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
The Sun Looked Down
signed, dated and with fly insignia 'Helen Bradley 1978' (upper left); further signed, dated and inscribed 'The sun looked down/The world of yesterday was gone/Dust enveloped what was its beauty/Only blackened earth remained/Human shapes, still and silent/Charcoal trees holding up their hands/To God, and a voice whispered,/thro the desolation, "They that do wickedly/shall burn", and it was so/How after the great cry "Have Mercy"/"Have Mercy", the Earth in its Beauty/became nothing but a cinder.'/Helen Bradley 1978' (on sheet verso)
oil on paper
26.5 x 37cm (10 7/16 x 14 9/16in).
(unframed)
together with three further works on paper, of a similar subject, by the same hand
The Artist, from whom acquired by the previous owner | Acquired from the above by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
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