bLOGOS/HA HA: DOROTHY BRAUND, The Art Exhibition, 1960

David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.

14 October 2020

DOROTHY BRAUND, The Art Exhibition, 1960

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Sale LJ8386

LEONARD JOEL
6:00pm - 21 October 2020
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Lot 39

DOROTHY BRAUND (1926-2013)
The Art Exhibition 1960
watercolour and gouache on paper
signed and dated lower left: BRAUND, 60
37 x 52.5cm

Provenance :
Private collection, Melbourne
Estimate $4,000-5,000

Condition :

Work is in very good condition consistent with age.

Very minor cockling of the paper, suggesting it is not laid down.

Overall framed size is 64 x 77cm.

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