DRAWING BY YOUNG DH LAWRENCE LAWRENCE DH Coastal Scene with

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DRAWING BY YOUNG D.H. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE, D.H. Coastal Scene with Figures. Watercolor on board, Signed, with initials, in lower right, showing a country port scene in Spring, with a man, woman, and child in the foreground, and departing steamship in the distance. Approximately 3 3/4x6 1/2 inches. With original mat (broken into several pieces) additionally Signed and Inscribed, "Xmas 1905 D.H. Lawrence," on lower right verso. Np, 1905

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a charming early watercolor by a 20-year-old lawrence. Given by Lawrence to Stuart Gelder who co-authored Young Lorenzo with Ada Lawrence in 1931. It was passed down to Gelder's daughter, who sold it to Bertram Rota in 1958, then sold to its present owner. It is typical of young Lawrence's style.
This watercolor appears as plate 1 in Paintings of D.H. Lawrence, edited by Merwyn Levy. New York: Viking, 1964.