Gate to the Farmhouse, Pont-Aven

1890/1894

Robert Polhill Bevan

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Robert Polhill Bevan

Artist, British, 1865 - 1925

The image is a pencil sketch showing a low stone fence with a gate in the center and flanked by low stone walls. The view leads to a small house in the middle of the scene, surrounded by sparse trees and bushes. The horizon is high as the land gently slopes upward. In the sky, there are cloud-like shapes. The sketch is done with varying intensity pencil strokes to create texture and depth. The color palette is monochromatic graphite on paper.

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Provenance

The artist's studio (his mark on the verso, not in Lugt)(sale, Christie's South Kensington, 3 December 2003, no. 552); (Agnew's, London); gift to NGA, 2005.

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Wikidata ID

Q64629067

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