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Basil Rákóczi, British/French 1908-1979 - Barges Carrying Grain; oil on board, signed lower right 'Beaumont' , 53 x 43.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Brook Street Art Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse); private collection, purchased from the above Note: the artist had an exhibition at Brook Street Art Gallery 'Paintings by Basil Beaumont' from 19th April-1st May, 1937. Benny Beaumont was the artist's legal name pre-1938. This work is particularly interesting for the depiction of a white stag in the work, a figure that would become central to Rákóczi's work and creed. Rákóczi founded the Modernist group, The White Stag Group, along with his partner, Kenneth Hall. Influenced by Surrealism and founded in London, they moved to Ireland in 1940. Gaining Irish members including Nano Reid and Norah McGuiness, their work focusing on psychological states and esoteric myth and symbols. Instrumental to Hall's artistic career and his first solo exhibition was the dealer Lucy Wertheim. Wertheim also promoted Barbara Hepworth, Christopher Wood, Frances Hodgkins and Henry Moore. An exhibition of her legacy 'A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group' has recently been on display at Towner Eastbourne, UK, including works by both Hall and Rákóczi.