Self-portrait on a pedestal in Burlington Square

Details

Sir Hugh Casson, P.R.A. (1910-1999)
Self-portrait on a pedestal in Burlington Square
signed with initials and inscribed '...and thank you/very much for your/kind wishes./H.C.' (lower centre)
pen and black ink
9 x 6¼ in. (22.8 x 15.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This drawing and note, which features a self portrait of Hugh Casson, was sent to the cartoonist 'Marc' Boxer and is said to have been executed at the time that Hugh Casson became President of the Royal Academy in 1976.

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