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Property from a Private London Collection

Edward John Burra

The Thief

Lot Closed

November 23, 05:17 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private London Collection

Edward John Burra

1905 - 1976

The Thief


pen, ink, pencil and wash on paper

unframed: 27.5 by 38cm.; 10¾ by 15in.

framed: 43 by 51.5cm.; 17 by 20¼in.

Executed in 1922.

Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the previous owner
Their sale, Bonhams London, 16 November 2011, lot 7, where acquired by the present owner
London, Anthony d'Offay, Edward Burra, Drawings and Watercolours, 1 April - 3 May 1980, no. 3 (as Nursery Tale)
Andrew Causey, Edward Burra, Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1985, no. 11, illustrated n.p.