Paul Henry

Malcolm R. McBride, by whom bequeathed to Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts

The canvas has not been lined. There is a minor diagonal surface scratch approximately 2cm in length in the upper right hand quadrant. There is a small indentation to the canvas in the upper centre of the sky. There is some light surface dirt. Otherwise, the work appears to be in good overall condition. UV light inspection reveals no evidence of any retouching or restoration. Held in a painted wooden frame with fabric slip
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The present work is characteristic of Paul Henry's later painting. Here, as opposed to his earlier work, there is a natural spontaneity with looser brushwork and a more vigorous and direct application of paint, a style that developed in the late 1930s and continued until the end of Henry's career. 

The present work will be numbered 1307 in S. B. Kennedy’s ongoing catalogue raisonné of paintings by Paul Henry and we are grateful for his kind assistance with the present cataloguing.