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The Waterwheel

Artist: Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)

Location: Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery

Date: 1938

Materials: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 41.5 x 50cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £24,000 (Total: £55,000)

Vendor: Fine Art Society

Review number: 5665 (2005)

Provenance:
Fine Art Society plc.

Description:
This watercolour was produced during Ravilious' stay at Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of Brecknockshire. In a letter to Helen Binyon, Ravilious mentioned how he had enjoyed painting a waterwheel made out of chunks of wood and petrol-tins by the farmer's son and mentioned the four geese, which he described as a bit Chinese.

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