Lot 1005
  • 1005

Dring, William

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Portrait Studies of E M Forster, Right Profile. 1928
  • Signed and dated 1920
  • printed book
  • 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Original graphite drawing (8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.; 222 x 158 mm), signed and dated ("William Dring 1928").  Matted, glazed, and framed; not examined out of frame.

Provenance

Roy Davids

Catalogue Note

A fine likeness of E. M. Forster in profile, with a trial profile below in light outline, by William Dring (1904–1990).  Dring is remembered today primarily for the Admiralty portraits he produced for the War Artists' Advisory Committee during World War II.