Creche idea; Self-Portrait holding a palette (recto)

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Creche idea; Self-Portrait holding a palette (recto)
inscribed 'Crech 61' (lower centre)
pencil
14 x 9 in. (35.5 x 24.8 cm.)
Figure and animal study, pencil, squared for transfer (verso); and thirty eight further figure studies, pencil, red chalk and watercolour, on paper, invitations, card and lavatory paper, 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.2 cm.) and smaller (39)

Lot Essay

Study sheets in this lot also include Naming elephant and Naming rhino; these squared-up pencil drawings appear to be a study for drawings in Volume II of the scrapbook drawings. (See C. Leder, op. cit., nos.86, 87, pp.76-77 (illustrated)).

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