Lot 29: Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)

Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
The Smithy at Szeliwy
signed 'Robert Bevan' (lower right) and with studio stamp 'BEVAN' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
26 x 35 in. (66 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1903.

R. Bevan, Robert Bevan 1865-1925 A Memoir by his son, London, 1965, p. 13, pl. 18.

London, Baillie Gallery, Robert Bevan, March 1905, no. 54.
possibly London, New Art Salon, works by Vlaminck, Survage, Kisling, Guevara, Vassilief, Modigliani, McKnight Kauffer and others, January circa 1915, no. 15.
London, Goupil Gallery, Robert Bevan Memorial Exhibition, 1926, no. 169.
London, Colnaghi's, Robert Bevan 1865 - 1925 Centenary Exhibition, March - April 1965, no. 7, pl. I: this exhibition toured to Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, April - May 1965 and Colchester, The Minories, June 1965.

Given to the present owners as a wedding present by R.A. Bevan, the artist's son, in April 1950.

Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
The Smithy at Szeliwy
signed 'Robert Bevan' (lower right) and with studio stamp 'BEVAN' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
26 x 35 in. (66 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1903.