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Walter Richard Sickert
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Walter Richard Sickert
- Suspense
- signed
- watercolour
- 39 by 27.5cm.; 15¼ by 10¾in.
Provenance
Arthur Crossland
His Sale, Christie's London, 3rd February 1956, lot 97
Professor Anthony Betts
Mr and Mrs Philip Goldberg
Their sale Christie's London, 2nd December 1986, lot 163, where acquired by the present owners
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, June 1942, cat. no.35;
Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Walter Sickert: Drawing is the Thing, 1st October - 5th December 2004, cat. no.4.31, illustrated in the catalogue, and touring to Southampton City Art Gallery and The Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Literature
Wendy Baron, Sickert, Phaidon, London, 1973, under cat. no.356;
Wendy Baron, Sickert, Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006, cat. no.459.13.
Wendy Baron, Sickert, Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006, cat. no.459.13.
Condition
Executed on laid paper. The sheet is sound with some pinholes in the corners and to the centre of the upper edge. There are some minor scattered spots of staining otherwise in good overall condition.
Held in under a cream mount in a plaster gilt frame under glass; unexamined out of frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Executed circa 1916 - 1917, the present work is closely related to the larger scale oil painting of the same title in the collection of the Ulster Museum, Belfast.