A Suggestion for a Coloured Façade for a Town Building

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A Suggestion for a Coloured Façade for a Town Building

William Walcot (1874-1943)

Price

£7,500

Signed

Signed, inscribed 'Rome' and dated 1922

Medium

Watercolour with ink, pencil and gum arabic

Dimensions

20 ¼ x 27 inches

Literature

The Craftsmanship of the Builder, London: Messrs Higgs & Hill of Crown Works by The Architectural Press, January 1923, [unpaginated]

Exhibited

'William Walcot: Artist & Architect', Chris Beetles Gallery, October 2018, No 66

'Mr Walcot's boldly imaginative design for a commercial building conceived in the Roman spirit is the work of an artist whose delicate sensitiveness to colour has been trained and developed to an extraordinarily high degree.'
('Coloured Façades to Brighten London', The Craftsmanship of the Builder, London: Messrs Higgs & Hill of Crown Works by The Architectural Press, January 1923, [unpaginated])

Thanks to Alan Powers for kindly providing information about this image.

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