Alfred Wallis
Boat
Auction Closed
November 22, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Alfred Wallis
1855 - 1942
Boat
signed Alfred Wallis (upper left)
colour pencil on paper
unframed (sheet): 21.5 by 28cm.; 8½ by 11in.
framed: 47.5 by 53.5cm.; 18¾ by 21in.
There is an image by the same hand on the reverse.
We are grateful to Robert Jones, author of Alfred Walls Artist and Mariner (2021), for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Mercury Gallery, London
Ray Hughes Collection, Australia
Sale, Roseberys London, 25 May 2021, lot 25, where acquired by the present owner
This is a rare double-sided signed drawing by the artist. Ray Hughes was an important Australian art collector and dealer, known for his collection of naïve works and pieces by important Modern British artists, including Wallis, Roger Hilton, Howard Hodgkin and Alan Green.
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