Edward Burra

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Edward Burra
Harbour Scene
stamped with signature
pencil on paper
56.5 by 78.5cm.; 22¼ by 31in.

Provenance

Sale, Sotheby’s London, The Estate of Edward Burra, Lady Ritchie of Dundee and Associated Owners, 3rd July 2002, lot 215, where acquired by the present owner

Catalogue Note

Burra shared a fascination with harbours, docks and ports with Paul Nash, with whom he visited the French port of Toulon in 1930, and Edward Wadsworth, with whom he painted port scenes at Plymouth, Dunkirk and the South of France between 1923 and 1928.