Cretan Shepherd in a Cloak, Study for Homage to Alones

Details

John Craxton, R.A. (b. 1922)
Cretan Shepherd in a Cloak, Study for Homage to Alones
signed and dated 'Craxton Dec 48' (lower right)
black ink
18 x 22 in. (46 x 58.5 cm.)

Provenance

with London Gallery, London.

Exhibited

Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Flowers of Peace: British Art and Design in 1945, June - August 1995, not numbered.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This work was executed following a visit to the mountains in Crete.

We are very grateful to John Craxton for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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