BC046
Bry-sur-Marne
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A non-representational landscape, probably showing houses amongst trees. Central to the composition is a vertical stroke of white which has been moderated with grey. Slender forked element at right.
LR brown brush point H or F Scales
Verso pencil (not in artist's hand) Bry-sur-Marne, 1965 (now covered by frame)
Verso UL (not in artist's hand) pencil 392 30mm
Verso Upper Centre label 339
Verso UL label Alexander Turnbull Library
Verso LL 2x framers label
Verso LR label artwork details
Donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand by H. F. V. Scales, 1979
Framed with glass. Hanging equipment and verso labels affixed upside-down.
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Title and date supplied by artist at time of donation, 1979.
The signature appeared upper left in the exhibition Flora Scales at The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson, New Zealand, 2018.
Christiane Devèze, Boris Kalachnikoff’s wife, in conversations with Marc Bonamie, Paris, France, 2016, “Flora loved to paint outdoors - nature, landscapes - in sunlight. She often drew and painted animals, especially our dogs and cats, and was very happy painting the plum trees in full bloom in our garden at Bry-Sur-Marne. Boris would often walk with her into the countryside to paint the farmland and houses in earlier days. We would sometimes go together to his parents' country house in Genevieve St Bois, to Provence where my parents lived, or to Bleymard in the Lozère District where my family has a holiday house. We all drew and painted happily, side by side, discussing our work all the time, but keeping our own different styles during these painting holidays.” – ‘Christiane Devezes: Conversations and Letters II’, Flora Scales, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson, New Zealand, 2018