Sale 5316
London, South Kensington
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18 December 2008
Price realised
GBP 2,125
Estimate
Sidney Herbert Sime (1867-1941) The Diver signed and inscribed 'THE DIVER/at one time thrilled with the wrathful/ardour of the centre, at another wandering in outer/chaos with the libidinous fumblings of associated matter./by Sidney H. Sime.' (on the reverse) pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, with scratching out 14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.6 x 25.7 cm.)
Provenance
with Desmond Coke.
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