£1,800
Basil Taylor, 1924
Framed (ref: 8368)
Signed, dated and titled.
Etching.
Plate size; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm).
Frame size; 38 x 28 cm).
Tags: Phyllis Dodd etching men portraits 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Signed, dated and titled.
Etching.
Plate size; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm).
Frame size; 38 x 28 cm).
Tags: Phyllis Dodd etching men portraits 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Provenance: The Artists' Daughters
Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.205.
Basil Taylor was a flamboyant critic and scholar. Described by Tirzah Garwood as 'a gypsy's warning of a young man', his suicide in 1935 shocked the Great Bardfield artistic community of which he was a part.
