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Edward Burra

Minuit Chanson

Property from the Collection of Barbara Ker-Seymer

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Edward Burra

Edward Burra

Minuit Chanson

Minuit Chanson

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Property from the Collection of Barbara Ker-Seymer

Edward Burra

1905 - 1976

Minuit Chanson


signed E.J. Burra and dated 1931 (lower left)

watercolour and bodycolour on paper

unframed: 54.5 by 73cm.; 21½ by 28¾in.

framed: 69.5 by 88cm.; 27½ by 34½in.

Executed in 1931.


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愛德華・布拉

1905 - 1976年

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款識：藝術家簽名 E.J. Burra 並紀年1931（左下）

水彩及水粉紙本

不連框：54.5 x 73 公分；21½ x 28¾ 英寸

連框：69.5 x 88 公分；27½ x 34½ 英寸

1931年作

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Gifted by the Artist to Barbara Ker-Seymer in the 1930s, and thence by family descent to the present owner
Andrew Causey (ed.), Edward Burra: Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1985, no. 73, illustrated n.p.
Jane Stevenson, Edward Burra: Twentieth Century Eye, Pimlico Random House Group Ltd., London, 2008, p. 119
Phil Cairney (director), Andrew Graham-Dixon (writer/presenter), I Never Tell Anyone Anything: The Life and Art of Edward Burra, BBC Production, 2011, 13:43
London, Tate Gallery, Edward Burra, 1973, no. 31, illustrated in catalogue p. 16
New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Centre, A Sense of Place: The Paintings of Edward Burra and Paul Nash, 24 February – 3 April 1982, exhibition not numbered
London, Hayward Gallery, Edward Burra, 1 August – 29 September 1985, no. 55, illustrated in catalogue p. 94
Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Edward Burra, 22 October 2011 – 19 February 2012, no. 50, illustrated in catalogue p. 54, with tour to Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham, Nottingham