Frank Brangwyn, R.A. 1867-1956.
Breaking Up of the 'Duncan'. 1911. Etching. Gaunt 193. 32 3/8 x 21 3/8 (sheet 27 3/8 x 36 2/8). Edition 125. Glue stains along the sheet edges, well outside the image. A rich, tonal proof printed on white wove Japan paper. Signed in pencil. $2,500.
Charles Holmes writes, in Modern Etchings, Mezzotints and Dry-Points, "Breaking-up of the " Duncan " is a subject after Mr. Brangwyn's own heart. How weirdly tragic the effect of those mighty cranes, engines, as it were, of a destroying fate, reaching over the pathetic old hulk to aid and urge the ghouls of labour in their work of demolition! And of what infinite value they are to the design."
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