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Lot Essay
Wirth Miller was self-taught and exhibited in London at the Redfern, Lefevre and Beaux-Arts galleries. He was friends with Francis Bacon and briefly shared a studio or flat with him in the 1950s.
Details
Denis Wirth Miller (b. 1915)
Sphinx
signed and dated 'WIRTH MILLER 45' (lower left)
ink, crayon and watercolour
15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Sphinx
signed and dated 'WIRTH MILLER 45' (lower left)
ink, crayon and watercolour
15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 8 March 1990, lot 222, where purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
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