Lot 137
  • 137

WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, A.R.A. | Le Puits Sale, Rue de la Barre and the Cafe des Tribunaux

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Walter Richard Sickert
  • Le Puits Sale, Rue de la Barre and the Cafe des Tribunaux 
  • signed Sickert (lower left), titled La rue de la Barre, (lower edge), and variously inscribed elsewhere around the margins
  • crayon and watercolour on paper
  • 18.5 by 13.5cm., 7¼ by 5¼in.
  • Executed circa 1900-03.

Provenance

Princess Radziwill
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, where acquired by Martin Halperin, 1959, and thence by descent
Christie's, South Kensington, 15 December 2011, lot 12

Literature

Wendy Baron, Sickert, Paintings and Drawings, New Haven and London, 2006, p.251, no.146.1, illustrated p.252.

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Condition

The sheet is secured to the mount with two adhesive tabs in the upper corners. The upper edge of the sheet is unevenly cut. There are Artist's pinholes towards the upper edge of the sheet, and towards the upper corners, none of which are visible in the present mount. There is some staining to the extreme edges of the sheet. There is surface dirt throughout and some studio matter and detritus. This excepting the work appears to be in good overall condition. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Dr Wendy Baron for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.