Helen Allingham RWS (1848-1926) September border at Munstead Wood Signed H. Allingham (lower left) Pencil and watercolour with scratching out 16.3 x 13.2cm; 6½ x 5¼in Provenance: Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993); By descent to The Muro Collection This collection of works by Helen Allingham (lots 180—192) have passed by descent from the personal collection of Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993), one of the most noted collectors of her work. Sir Owen was the chairman of Marley Ltd., a building materials company with a particular specialism in roofing tiles. On behalf of the company, Sir Owen purchased a group of Allingham works which faithfully reproduced the materials of the buildings depicted. These became known as The Marley Collection, and were sold at Christie’s in 1991. The works offered here formed part of Sir Owen’s personal collection and hung at his home in Surrey. This September border was one of many views the artist painted in the grounds of Munstead Wood, the home of the celebrated garden writer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932). For a photograph of this view, taken by Jekyll, see Judith B Tankard, Michael R Van Valkenburgh, Gertrude Jekyll A Vision of Garden and Wood (John Murray 1988), p.62. We are grateful to Annabel Watts for her assistance cataloguing the present work. Read more »
Helen Allingham RWS (1848-1926) September border at Munstead Wood Signed H. Allingham (lower left) Pencil and watercolour with scratching out 16.3 x 13.2cm; 6½ x 5¼in Provenance: Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993); By descent to The Muro Collection This collection of works by Helen Allingham (lots 180—192) have passed by descent from the personal collection of Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993), one of the most noted collectors of her work. Sir Owen was the chairman of Marley Ltd., a building materials company with a particular specialism in roofing tiles. On behalf of the company, Sir Owen purchased a group of Allingham works which faithfully reproduced the materials of the buildings depicted. These became known as The Marley Collection, and were sold at Christie’s in 1991. The works offered here formed part of Sir Owen’s personal collection and hung at his home in Surrey. This September border was one of many views the artist painted in the grounds of Munstead Wood, the home of the celebrated garden writer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932). For a photograph of this view, taken by Jekyll, see Judith B Tankard, Michael R Van Valkenburgh, Gertrude Jekyll A Vision of Garden and Wood (John Murray 1988), p.62. We are grateful to Annabel Watts for her assistance cataloguing the present work. Read more »
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