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Eric Kennington, R.A.

Resurgence

Auction Closed

June 10, 02:51 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Eric Kennington

1888 - 1960

Resurgence


signed with initials and dated 43 (lower centre)

pastel on paper

unframed (sheet): 61 by 51.5cm.; 24 by 20¼in.

framed: 75 by 64.5cm.; 29½ by 25½in.

Executed in 1943.

The Leicester Galleries, London

Where acquired by Mr and Mrs Reginald Gordon Sims, September 1943, and thence by descent

Their sale, Lawrence's Crewkerne, 18 January 2013, lot 1566, where acquired by the present owner

News Review, 1943, illustrated on the front cover (as Britain Resurgent)

The Studio, July 1943, p.18, illustrated p.16 (details untraced)

London, The Leicester Galleries, British soldiers: an Exhibition of Pastels by Eric Kennington, September 1943, no. 32

London, Sim Fine Art, Holding the Line - The Art of the War Years 1914-18 & 1939-45, 2013, no. 1, illustrated in the exh. cat. p. 5