20th Century British Art
Catalogue Information: 116 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, A.R.A 1860-1942
SOUTH FACADE OF ST JACQUES, DIEPPE55 by 46cm., 21 1/2 by 18in.signedoil on canvasPROVENANCEStuart G. Bennet, OntarioSale, Sotheby's, London, 1st May 1968, lot 22Leicester Galleries, 1971Browse and Darby, London, whence purchased by the present owner. [...more]
Lot 2: AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. 1878-1961
STUDY OF A WEST INDIAN GIRL38 by 23cm., 15 by 9in. (sheet)signedpencilNOTEProbably executed in the spring of 1937 during John's ten week visit to Jamaica. This highly productive period resulted in a body of work that has been regarded as the most suc [...more]
Lot 3: f - SIR STANLEY SPENCER, R.A. 1891-1959
MAKING A FIRE BELT46 by 37cm., 18 by 14 1/2 in.pencil and washPROVENANCEPiccadilly Gallery, LondonNOTEExecuted in 1923.
Lot 4: GWEN JOHN 1876-1939
THREE QUARTER BACK VIEW OF AN OLD LADY IN GREY THREE QUARTER BACK VIEW OF AN OLD LADY IN GREY17.5 by 13.5cm., 7 by 5¼in.stamped with signaturepencil, watercolour and gouacheEXHIBITEDLondon, Matthiesen Gallery, Gwen John Memorial Exhibition, 1946, no. [...more]
