£425 

Robert Austin:
Girl Brushing Her Hair, 1938
Unmounted (ref: 1893)

Etching, 

Print: 11 x 9 5/8 in. (28 x 24.5 cm.)

Tags: Robert Austin etching plate print allegory animals design leisure life drawing portraits TOP 100 women 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

Provenance: Private Collection

Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.119. Campbell Dodgson 123

A limited edition of 5 prints has been printed posthumously by David Maes on Arches paper (250 g/m²)

Although Austins formidable reputation was secured by his line engravings of the mid to  late 1920's it was in the  1930's that Austin produced some of his most attractive engravings, - often featuring single figures engaged in domestic activities -  Young Mother, (1936) Girl on Stairs, (1937),  and Girl by a Gate (1938). Girl Brushing Her Hair, which forms part of this series, has the added attraction of  including  the artist's dalmation, who was the subject of a celebrated print title 'Ling of Lingard' dating to 1936.