Paul Drury, P.R.E. 1903-1987.
September. 1928. Etching. Garton 24.xiiib. 4 x 5 3/16 (sheet 5 5/8 x 7 1/2). From the first edition of 55 published by XXI Gallery (Garton & Cooke published a lifetime edition of 100 in 1987). Illustrated: Holme, Etchings of Today; Print Collector's Quarterly 16 (1929):99; Calloway, English Prints for the Collector, p. 185. An extremely rich impression printed on old laid paper. Signed and annotated by the artist 'Paul Drury '28, fec. [made] et imp. [printed]' and 'No. 34 Old Japanese Paper'. Annotated 'September'and 'SF. 2186' in another hand. An extrmely beautiful early printing of this important image. $2,500.
The figure bending to pick up the apples is loosely based on a Millet drawing that Drury owned.
Strongly influenced by the imagery of both Samuel Palmer and Edward Calvert, September is the most successful of Drury's landscapes. It exquisitely evokes the tranquility of the English countryside, bathed in the rich glow of late evening sunlight, as two women and a child gather fallen fruit from beneath an apple tree. With meticulous craftsmanship, the artist took the print through 13 etched states and careful burnishing of the plate in order to achieve his effects of subtly glimmering light.
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