REGINALD JOHN WHISTLER 'REX' (BRITISH, 1905-1944)

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REGINALD JOHN WHISTLER 'REX' (BRITISH, 1905-1944)
A design for a stage set
pencil pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with white
10¾ x 12¾ in. (27.4 x 32.5 cm.)

Provenance

Reginald John Whistler, 'Rex' and by descent to his younger brother Sir (Alan Charles) Lawrence Whistler.
Acquired by Michael Renshaw, Esq., 29 January 1946.

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Lot Essay

The present work is sold with the cheque made out to Captain Lawrence Whistler and dated January 29th 1946. Reginald John 'Rex' Whistler was killed by a shellburst near the village of Le Mesnil on the 18th July 1944 - just hours into his active service. The present work appears to be a set or stage design, though the subject is unknown. Whistler designed scenery for the operas Fidelio and The Marriage of Figaro (1934) and Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1943) amongst other projects.

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