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David Jones
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Sold
bidding is closed
Description
- David Jones
- Crucifixion
- pencil and watercolour
- 23.5 by 16.5cm.; 9¼ by 6½in.
- Executed circa 1922.
Provenance
The Artist's family
Sale, Sotheby's London, 10th May 1989, lot 96
Sale, Christie's London, 23rd March 1995, lot 170, where acquired by David Bowie
Sale, Sotheby's London, 10th May 1989, lot 96
Sale, Christie's London, 23rd March 1995, lot 170, where acquired by David Bowie
Catalogue Note
‘What concerns [David Jones] is the universal thing showing through the particular thing, and as a painter it is this showing through that he endeavors to capture.’
(Eric Gill, Eric Gill: Last Essays, Jonathan Cape, London, 1942, p.151-2)