Yolande (Florence Layzell, Mrs. Henry Rushbury)

Sitter Florence Harriet Rushbury British

1920

Not on view

This charmingly informal portrayal of a young woman, made in 1920, is one of Brockhurst's earliest published etchings. The sitter was the wife of Henry Rushbury–a fellow artist whom Brockhurst had known since both attended the Birmingham School of Art as teenagers. Freely etched lines emphasize the face and suggest movement and shifting shadows, with much of the form deliberately left undeveloped. As he would for much of his career, the artist chose an exotic female name for the title–the sitter's actual name was Florence (see 46.61 for Brockhurst's later etched portrait of Henry Rushbury).

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Title: Yolande (Florence Layzell, Mrs. Henry Rushbury)
Artist: Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (British, Birmingham 1890–1978 Franklin Lakes, New Jersey)
Sitter: Florence Harriet Rushbury (British, 1894–1981)
Date: 1920
Medium: Etching; third state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 4 1/4 × 3 5/16 in. (10.8 × 8.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (22.5 × 18 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of John J. Cunningham, 1967
Object Number: 67.616.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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