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MODERN BRITISH

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Michael Rothenstein, Plough, 1946, circa
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Michael Rothenstein, Plough, 1946, circa

Michael Rothenstein 1908-1993

Plough, 1946, circa
watercolour and ink
38.5 x 55 cm
15 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
signed

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The Rothensteins moved from London to Great Bardfield, a small village in Essex, in 1941 where they became part of a vibrant community of artists that included Eric Ravillious, Edward...
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The Rothensteins moved from London to Great Bardfield, a small village in Essex, in 1941 where they became part of a vibrant community of artists that included Eric Ravillious, Edward Bawden and Kenneth Rowntree amongst others. These artists shared a common interest in portraying English village life. Here, Rothenstein's composition, with its beautifully textured surface combines a mix of modernism, surrealism and traditional watercolour techniques. He introduces a subtly suggestive imagery in to this seemingly simple depiction of the countryside idyl through his focus on the industrial plough:

'I saw a plough as a metaphor of machinery cutting up the field, the conflict between the living landscape and the encroaching machine' (The Artist quoted in Tessa Sidey, 'The Prints of Michael Rothenstein', 1993).
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Provenance

acquired by the family of the present owner from Redfern Gallery, London, in October 1986.
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