Lot 160
  • 160

James Pryde

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Pryde
  • Stage Design
  • ink and watercolour, heightened with white
  • 11.5 by 8.5cm.; 4½ by 3¼in.

Provenance

The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill January 1948, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

Exhibited

London, The Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition, January 1948, cat. no.24;
Hampstead, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Catalogue of the Greater Portion of a Collection of Modern English Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W. A. Evill, March 1955, cat. no.54 or 96 (as Theatrical Design or Theatrical Scene) (probably);
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Water Colours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, (part III- section 2), cat. no.24;
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June -  August 1965, cat. no.135.  

 

Condition

The sheet is sound and has been laid down. There is some craquelure to the central female figure. Otherwise the work is in good overall condition. Held under glass in a stained wood frame with a cream mount. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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