16 Nov 2011
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
20th Century British & Irish Art
Back to auction 18985
20th Century British & Irish Art
Back to auction 18985
Helen Bradley (British, 1900-1979)
It was June, lovely June
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower right) and inscribed 'It was June, lovely June, all/the trees and fields were fresh and/green. The hedgerows were still/sprinkled with May Blossom, and/on Saturday afternoons when Mr/Taylor (the Bank Manager) came to stay/with us at Blackpool, we all went/for a good walk through the fields/but, today we had to turn back/because there were heavy black/clouds coming over the hor... and Mr/Taylor didnt like getting wet, It was/a good thing we did turn back, it rained/and thundered and the year was 1907' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board
23 x 30.5 cm. (9 x 12 in.)
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower right) and inscribed 'It was June, lovely June, all/the trees and fields were fresh and/green. The hedgerows were still/sprinkled with May Blossom, and/on Saturday afternoons when Mr/Taylor (the Bank Manager) came to stay/with us at Blackpool, we all went/for a good walk through the fields/but, today we had to turn back/because there were heavy black/clouds coming over the hor... and Mr/Taylor didnt like getting wet, It was/a good thing we did turn back, it rained/and thundered and the year was 1907' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board
23 x 30.5 cm. (9 x 12 in.)
Sold for
£22,500
inc. premium
Category: Fine Art / Modern British and Irish Art
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Penny Day
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Modern British and Irish Art
Matthew Bradbury
Bonhams
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United Kingdom
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Modern British and Irish Art