Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

1890-1978
English

This is a very fine original etching by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  The subject is Kathleen Nancy Woodward and is titled: Jeunesse Doree (Gilded Youth)  This image is pencil signed and dated G.L. Brockhurst 1942.  The image measures 10 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  The etching is printed on an antique cream toned laid paper with partial watermark.  Printed in an edition of 75 this image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 80.  Very fine condition.  "Brockhurst celebrates the beauty of Kathleen Woodward, whom he had renamed Dorette (Gift). They met in the late nineteen twenties when she was a young model at the Royal Academy Schools and he a visiting professor, and she soon displaced his wife Anaïs at the center of his art. " (The Met)

$4450.00

One of the finest portrait etchings ever  created by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  "Henry Rushbury", created and printed in 1930.  Rushbury, like Brockhurst studied at the Birmingham School of Art and the two later shared an apartment in London.  Rushbury was an accomplished etcher as well...  This etching is very richly printed, the subtle tonal range is incredible in person, our scan doesn't .do this image justice.  Absolutely one of the finest portraits .  This etching measures 10X7 3/8 inches, pencil signed and titled by the artist in the lower border, printed in an edition of 111.  Very fine condition.

$1600.00

This is a fine portrait study by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  The subject is James McBey the well known British etcher.  This etching was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 111.  This pencil signed impression measures an image size of 10 1/2X7 1/2 inches. This etching was Illustrated in  Fine Prints of the Year, 1931.  Cat. Fletcher 69.

$1450.00

This is a fine original etching by British artist Gerald Brockhurst, The title is La Tresse, a portrait of his wife Anais done in 1926.  This image is pencil signed and has an image size of 8 3/8X 6 7/8 inches.  Cat. Fletcher 56.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

$975.00