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Here is a model Great Bardfield lithograph by Robinson. A domestic interior is linked to a rural scene by the gaze of a cat. Sentimentality is held at bay by the economy of means and the stringent design. It reminds me of Matisse’s The Blue Window, painted in 1913. Sheila Robinson likewise suggests a moment when disk arrives, workmen go home, and night time is not far off.
Dr Frances Spalding, Art Historian, critic and writer. Chair of the North West Essex Collection Trust.
Purchased by the Fry Art Gallery Society.
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