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HENRY TONKS | Illustration for the 'Lovers of Orelay' by George Moore

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400 - 600 GBP
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描述

  • Henry Tonks
  • Illustration for the 'Lovers of Orelay' by George Moore
  • signed with initials and dedicated
  • pencil and chalk on card
  • 25.5 by 39.5cm.; 10¼ by 15½in.
Mary Hutchinson posed  for Henry Tonks’s comic, Boucher-esque illustrations of ‘The Lovers of Orelay’, a somewhat scandalous episode in the autobiography, Memoirs of My Dead Life, first published in 1906, by his good friend, the Irish author George Moore.

來源

Gifted by the Artist to Mary Hutchinson, and thence by descent to the late owner

Condition

The sheet of card is adhered to the mount with two strips of adhesive tape at the upper corners. There are Artist's pinholes to all four corners. The sheet undulates very slightly, only visible upon close inspection. There is light dirt to the sheet, some light handling marks to the edges and possible staining to the sheet due to the mount. Subject to the above, the work appears in very good overall condition. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a painted wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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