
Once Bit, Twice Shy
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February 6, 07:46 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Starting Bid
14,000 USD
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Description
Charles Burton Barber
British 1845 - 1894
Once Bit, Twice Shy
signed and dated lower right: C. Burton Barber/ 1885
oil on canvas
canvas: 36 ¼ by 28 ¼ in.; 92.1 by 71.8 cm
framed: 49 ½ by 41 ½ in.; 125.7 by 105.4 cm
Executed in 1885.
Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1989, lot 179
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Southam, Vancouver (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Vancouver (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 May 2011, lot 53 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1885, no. 1120
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1886
Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, exh. cat., London 1885, no. 1120
"Royal Academy Third Notice," The Times, 25 May 1885, p. 4
Henry Blackburn, Academy Notes, London 1885, p. 16
"The Royal Academy," The Art Journal, London 1885, p. 258
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