PAUL BROWN
“International Field Meadow Brook Club 1939”, Original Hand Coloured Lithograph - artist’s proof, 22 x 31 inches,
Titled with pencil remarque, Signed and dated in pencil
New York, Published & Copyrighted 1939, by Robert Strawbridge, Jr. Ultra rare and scarce
Hits and Misses 1 of 950 signed copies Hardcover
1935 Derrydale Press; Limited Edition edition (1935)
Edition #65/950, Signed and Numbered
50 plates of drawings by Paul Brown
Rare and Scarce, $1200
Paul Desmond Brown – 24 ORIGINAL POLO DRAWINGS
for Derrydale Press, 1935,
HITS & Misses graphite on paper 8 x 11 inches
Signed, inscribed & dated
Provenance: Estate of Eugene Connett III, Founder of Derrydale Press
American ( 1893 -1960)
Brown is primarily known for his wonderful
paintings, drawings and sketches of
horses and equestrian sports, he is also
well-known for his elegant and prolific
illustrations for Brooks Brothers catalogs
over three decades including more than
one thousand drawings, making him a
major influence on the image of urban
males in twentieth-century America.
Paul Brown’s art is alive, original and
strong without presumption. Color is only
an occasional adjunct playing a very secondary
role to the use of the hard-edged
line. His style has a calculated simplicity
an casual appearance, but is very carefully
contrived and executed with much
authority.
He used his wonderful powers of observation,
drew heavily upon his copious
notes and studies and greatly accepted the
benefits of the camera only to cement his
ideas. The rest was practice and care. His
photographic memory proved to be an
invaluable asset, enabling him to render
images of specific moments sometimes
years after they had taken place. Brown
preferred to draw with a pencil and,
although not fond of painting, he successfully
employed a technique of using tinted
paper with white highlights.
During the heyday of polo in the 1930′s,
Paul Brown immortalized the sport for
many in his illustrations for Peter Vischer’s
POLO magazine, of which Brown was
a member of the editorial board. Today
those historical moments are often taken
for granted, as is much of the past, but we
still have Paul Brown’s unique legacy to
breathe life into those special times.
Illustrating and writing books became
Brown’s main occupation with the major
publishers of the day
including The Derrydale
Press, Charles
Scribner’s Sons, Dodd,
Mead & Company.
These books are avidly
collected today and
often fetch as much as
an original work of art.
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