Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A, R.E. 1890-1978.
Adolescence. (Kathleen Nancy Woodward). 1932. Etching. Fletcher 75.vi. 14 3/8 x 10 7/16 (sheet 17 3/4 x 13 1/4). Total edition 91. Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers 1850-1940; Fine Prints of the Year, 1933 and and Zigrosser, Six Centuries of Fine Prints. A luminous, richly-inked impression on simili-Japan wove paper. Signed in pencil.
This is the artist's most important etching. It was one of the most influential and familiar icons of erotica of the 1930's. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
The model for the image was Kathleen Nancy Woodward Woodward, the artist's fifteen year-old mistress, who was living with the virtuoso etcher at the time. Along with Brockhurst's wife and sister-in-law, she later became involved in Brockhurst's scandalous and acrimonious 1940 divorce.
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