Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Dame Laura Knight currently being prepared by R John Croft FCA, the artist’s great-nephew.
.jpg?w=1)
Portrait of Edith Broster, seated three-quarter length, in a pink dress
Details
Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. (1877-1970)
Portrait of Edith Broster, seated three-quarter length, in a pink dress
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Laura/Knight/fecit/1934/Edith Broster' (on a scroll, lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Portrait of Edith Broster, seated three-quarter length, in a pink dress
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Laura/Knight/fecit/1934/Edith Broster' (on a scroll, lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
By family descent, from the sitter.
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.