Algernon Cecil Newton

A River at Twilight

Auction Closed

June 26, 01:19 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Algernon Newton

1880 - 1968

A River at Twilight


signed with monogram (lower right); also signed 'Algernon Newton', titled and inscribed (on the canvas overlap)

oil on canvas

unframed: 45.7 by 76.8 cm; 18 by 30 ¼in.

framed: 57.2 by 87.6 cm; 22 ½ by 34 ½in.

Executed in 1935.


We are grateful to Nicholas Newton and Sir Mark Jones for their kind assistance with the cataloguing for this lot. Sir Mark is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work and would like to hear from the owners of any work by the Artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Sir Mark Jones c/o Modern British and Irish Art, Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA.

Colnaghi, London, May 1935

Collection of Wilhelm Anton Fritz Euler (1911 - 1994) and thence by descent

Wilhelm Anton Fritz Euler was a businessman and patron of the arts and nature. Born in Frankfurt, Germany 10th September, 1911 to an illustrious family, Fritz studied at private school and then attended Oxford University in England, before leaving Germany at the onset of World War Two. His parents provided a ticket round the world and Fritz arranged his own transport, booking a one-way trip to the United States. He settled in America and flourished in the business world, serving as chairman and president of several corporations.


This picture is closely related to the painting Dawn by Newton, which dates to March 1936 and is in the collection of Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

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