Details SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, R.A., P.R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1880-1969)Kitchen Mutiny, a capricesigned W. RUSSELL FLINT - (lower left) and further signed and inscribed Kitchen Mutiny/ A caprice/ W Russell Flint (on the reverse)pencil and watercolour on paper153⁄8 x 225⁄8 in. (39 x 57.5 cm.)Provenance with Alexander Gallery, Bristol.Special notice Artists Resale Right (Droit de Suite). Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artists collection agent.Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.Conditions of SaleFAQsThis lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd来源: The present lot depicts a playful scene of mutiny as three kitchen maids confront their mistress, refusing to work. One of the figures raises her hand in a gesture of defiance whilst another sits slouched, leg cocked as if to emphasise their performance of insubordination. Cecilia Green, a former model for Russell Flint, wrote in a letter to the present owner that Flint enjoyed gestures of rebellion against authority and made several paintings with similarly playful titles (Cecilia Green, Letter to the present owner, 7 February 1990). Green goes on to explain how all the figures in the picture were most likely modelled by one girl – Helen Thompson. Thompson remained close to Flint and she later became his house keeper, for such a time that she was with him when he died. In Mutiny in the Kitchen Thompson wears many of Flint’s favourite studio costumes, including a black skirt made by Thompson herself out of blackout material. Additionally, Green recounts how Thompson wore a garment called the ‘Pink Jimp’, which was a ‘skimpy sleeveless blouse’.