Maxwell ARMFIELD - ‘How the Camel Unbent’: Study for The Armfields’ Animal-Book

Date	1922
Period	20th century
Origin	UK
Medium	Brown ink, Watercolour over pen and grey ink
Dimensions	22.5 x 20.6 cm (8⁷/₈ x 8¹/₈ inches)
Gallery	Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Description
Technical

Watercolour over pen and grey ink, within a fictive border of a green and white pattern, and framing lines in brown ink.
Signed and dated with the artist’s device and monogram MA 12 K at the lower left.
Inscribed (by Sewell) 'Unpublished ill. to How the Camel Unbent, Chapter 4 of / TheArmfield’s Animal Book, p.43, 1922. / Published ill. is pink sky with five stars + crescent moon, horizon level with / camel’s knees, and [?] border: rider has green cloak with black circles in / white rings.' on the old mount.
290 x 235 mm. (11 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.) [sheet]

Date: 1922
Period: 20th century
Origin: UK
Medium: Brown ink, Watercolour over pen and grey ink
Signature: Signed and dated with the artist’s device and monogram MA 12 K at the lower left.
Inscribed (by Sewell) 'Unpublished ill. to How the Camel Unbent, Chapter 4 of / TheArmfield’s Animal Book, p.43, 1922. / Published ill. is pink sky with five stars + crescent moon, horizon level with / camel’s knees, and [?] border: rider has green cloak with black circles in / white rings.' on the old mount.

Dimensions: 22.5 x 20.6 cm (8⁷/₈ x 8¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Brian Sewell, London.

Literature: Constance Smedley Armfield, The Armfields’ Animal-Book. London, 1922, illustrated facing p.43.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints