TIMLIN WATERCOLOR DESIGN. Original pen, ink and watercolor on silk, 'Sketch Design for a Fan/ Fu...

TIMLIN WATERCOLOR DESIGN. Original pen, ink and watercolor on silk, 'Sketch Design for a Fan/ Full Size,' 18 x 22 inches (460 x 560 mm), noted in ink, 'MOTIF: Blue Kingfisher (African),' and below beneath a design for the handle, 'FRONT STICK OF HANDLE - IVORY,' signed 'William M. Timlin/ 1914' in lower right corner, with his owl device lower left. RARE WATERCOLOR DESIGN ON SILK—A BLUE KINGFISHER MOTIF FOR A FAN. William Timlin was born in Northumberland, the son of colliery foreman. He won a scholarship to study art and architecture at Armstrong College of Art in Newcastle, and in 1912 moved to South Africa, where he remained. In 1914, while working as a professional architect, he founded the Art Section of the Kimberley Athenaeum Club, and began exhibiting his 'poetic fantasies,' ink and watercolor designs and drawings. He produced his most famous work The Ship that Sailed to Mars in 1923. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing