David Jones English, 1895-1974
Mehefin, 1930
watercolour with pencil on paper laid on board
64.5 x 49 cm
25 3/8 x 19 1/4 in
25 3/8 x 19 1/4 in
signed and dated
titled on the gallery label attached to the reverse
titled on the gallery label attached to the reverse
Mehefin is the Welsh word for the month of June, translating literally to “midsummer”. Jones used the title again in 1949, with that later painting shown at Pallant House Gallery's...
Mehefin is the Welsh word for the month of June, translating literally to “midsummer”. Jones used the title again in 1949, with that later painting shown at Pallant House Gallery's 2015 retrospective and at Cardiff's National Museum of Wales in 2011 for a solo exhibition.
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LondonEstate of Prof. William Blissett, Toronto, ON
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