Property from a Private Collection, London
Ivon Hitchens
Reclining Figure
Auction Closed
June 30, 10:59 AM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Property from a Private Collection, London
Ivon Hitchens
1893 - 1979
Reclining Figure
signed Hitchens and dated 47 (lower left); also signed Ivon Hitchens, titled Reclining Figure, dated 1948 and inscribed Collection of James Escott Esq. (on label attached to stretcher)
oil on canvas
unframed: 58.5 by 71.5cm.; 23 by 28¼in.
framed: 75 by 88cm.; 29½ by 33¾in.
Executed in 1947.
We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Acquired directly from the Artist by James Escott Esq.
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the present owner, 23 May 1973
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the present owner, 23 May 1973
London, Leicester Galleries, New Paintings by Ivon Hitchens, November 1950, no. 27