Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)

Chagford, Devon

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Chagford, Devon
signed 'Sickert.' (lower right), inscribed 'Chagford' (lower left)
oil on panel
6 x 9 in. (15.8 x 24.2 cm.)
Painted in 1915

Provenance

with Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London.
with Browse & Darby, London, where purchased by the present owner in April 1986.

Lot Essay

Sickert spent the summer of 1915 in Chagford, Devon, convalesing after a bad bout of influenza. The churchyard and Rushford Mill were among his most popular subjects for paintings and drawings.
(see W. Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, p.371).

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