item name: Lavender Farm in Provence

item description: Bright, mid-century view of a lavender farm in Provence. Watercolor over pencil. From a folio of views done in 1950 by a British artist traveling in southern France. the scene is shown from above and has a somewhat "orthogonal" perspective increasing the subtle modern feel of the image.

Dimensions: Image Dimensions
10" H X 14" W
25.4cm H X 35.6cm W

Outer Dimensions (mat)
14" H X 18" W
35.6cm H X 45.7cm W

price: $650

item name: Triumphal Arch at Susa - English Watercolor, 1816

item description: An English tourist's view of the Triumphal Arch at Susa, 1816. Watercolor applied with a brush, ink under-drawing. This watercolor records the Roman arch at Susa (ancient Segusium). Shelley visited the site on his entry to Italy and writes in a letter dated Milan, April 1818: "A ruined arch of magnificent proportions, in the Greek taste, standing in a kind of road of green lawn, overgrown with violets and primroses, and in the midst of stupendous mountains, and a blonde woman, of light and graceful manners, something in the style of Fuseli's Eve, were the first things we met in Italy". inscribed on the reverse: "Triumphal Arch at Susa erected to Augustus Caesar" and dated "August 14th 1816". Provenance: Rodgers Collection, U.K.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
8" H X 11" W
20.32cm H X 27.94cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
13" H X 16" W
33.02cm H X 40.64cm W

price: $1,800