Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a watercolor work on paper by D. Delderfield. It dates from 1950 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This small watercolour, created by D.
About this work
This tiny watercolour shows an owl. D. Delderfield made it in the 20th century. It lives at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Poet Walter Strachan once got several owl images from promising students, maybe including Delderfield. Strachan loved artists’ books and wrote a big guide called The Artist and the Book in France.
Check out Walter Strachan’s book, The Artist and the Book in France.
Overview
This small watercolour, created by D. Delderfield in the 20th century, depicts an owl. It is part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows an owl, a subject that resonated with Walter Strachan, a poet and scholar who collected owl images. Strachan received several owl images from promising students, possibly including Delderfield.
History & Provenance
The watercolour is linked to Walter Strachan, who amassed a collection of owl images. Strachan's interest in artists' books, sparked by an exhibition in 1945, led him to acquire images, including possibly this one, from artists and students.
Artist & collection
Artist
Delderfield kept a jar of wet brushes on the radiator in his London flat and painted only between 9 and 11 a.m., after the postman passed and before the neighbors’ radio turned on.
