£300 

Evelyn Dunbar:
Design 1 for personal correspondence
Framed (ref: 9002)

Pen and ink

8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm)

Condition: Good

Tags: Evelyn Dunbar ink pen and ink Evelyn Dunbar at The Watts Gallery

Provenance: Roger Folley; Alasdair Dunbar; Hammer Mill Oast Collection

Dunbar often illustrated her personal letters lavishly, weaving her text around her drawing. Here various flowers including a tulip, a rose and a sunflower grow out of the same stem. In known examples, to (for instance) fellow artists Charles Mahoney, Allan Gwynne-Jones and Edward Bawden, Dunbar used water colour to enhance her effect.

We are grateful to Christopher Campbell-Howes for assistance.