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Simon Palmer (b. 1956)
Marty South
Details
Simon Palmer (b. 1956)
Marty South
signed 'Simon Palmer' (lower right), inscribed 'Marty South'' (lower left)
pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache
39¾ x 28¾ in. (101 x 73 cm.)
Provenance
with James Huntington-Whiteley, London.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Lot Essay
Marty South is one of the characters in Thomas Hardy's novel of 1887, The Woodlanders. The story is a poetic and tragic love story and is considered one of his major works.