Lot 16
Frank Morley Fletcher(British, 1866-1949)Brotherswater
27 June – 9 July 2025, 13:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £768 inc. premium
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Frank Morley Fletcher (British, 1866-1949)
Brotherswater
Woodcut in colours, circa 1900, on laid paper, signed, titled and numbered 55/100 in pencil, with margins, framed
Block 355 x 178mm (14 x 7in)
Sheet 409 x 226mm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8in)
Woodcut in colours, circa 1900, on laid paper, signed, titled and numbered 55/100 in pencil, with margins, framed
Block 355 x 178mm (14 x 7in)
Sheet 409 x 226mm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8in)
Footnotes
Frank Fletcher's fascination for Japanese printmaking is clearly exemplified by the "pillar" format he chose for this print, called Hashira-e in the Nipponese tradition. He became familiar with this newly discovered art during his study years in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th Century - a period when Europe was taken by storm by Japonisme.
He experimented with woodcut throughout his career, popularising it in the UK and the US through the publication of Wood block printing: A description of the craft of Woodcutting and Colourprinting in 1916.
The present work is a depiction of a small lake in Lancashire, formerly "Broad Water", just north of where Fletcher grew up, that was allegedly renamed after two brothers lost their lives drowning in it in the 1800s.
The bird view and the flat application of colour are typical derivations from the Japanese practice, however the rendition of the sky and the overlaying masses of clouds not outlined by black lines are the fruit of his innovative take on the technique.
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