Reynolds Stone CBE (1909 -1979)

The Old Rectory garden, Litton Cheney, Dorset

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Signed l.r.: Reynolds Stone, pen and black ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, in original painted frame

34.5 x 53 cm; 13 5/8 x 20 ¾ inches

Frame size 57 x 74 cm.; 22 ½ x 29 inches

Provenance
Thomas Agnew & Sons; no. 167;

Private collection, U.K., January 1963 - 2020

In 1953 Stone and his family moved to the Old Rectory at Litton Cheney in Dorset, which was to be his home for the rest of his life. The garden and surrounding landscape proved to be a source of inspiration for his painting and engraving.