Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Signed with initials l.r.: HBB, watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, inscribed verso: Siracuse and stamped with collector’s mark

Provenance
Gilbert Davis (L. 757a.);
Edward Seago, his estate sale at Christie’s, London 1 March 1977, lot 94;
Where bought by B.M. Williams;
Christie’s, London, 21 November 2007, lot 145, where acquired by the previous owner until 2025

Gilbert Davis (1899–1983) built up a large collection of watercolours in the middle of the twentieth century. He sold the bulk of his collection in 1959 to the Huntingdon Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Edward Seago RBA, RWS (1910-1974) was one of the most popular British artists of 20th century, who painted in oils and watercolours.