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Lot 463
  • 463

After Sir Oswald Birley

Estimate
50 - 70 GBP
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Description

  • A self portait of the artist
  • photograph
  • 25.5 by 21cm., 10 by 8¼in.
December 1920

photographic sepia print of a painting



inscribed in ink 'To Maggie from Oswald / Xmas, 1920', in a crossbanded hardwood frame

Literature

Rhoda Koenig, ‘Top Dog’, The World of Interiors, December 1996, illustrated p.73

Condition

A striking image. Some discolouration. Losses and wear to frame.
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