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Anatomy of Ecstasy (Arboreal Metaphor)
Details
Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Anatomy of Ecstasy (Arboreal Metaphor)
signed with initials 'AOS' (lower left), inscribed 'Anatomy of Ecstasy./(arboreal metaphor)' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil and gouache on panel
17 ½ x 24 in. (44.5 x 61 cm.)
Anatomy of Ecstasy (Arboreal Metaphor)
signed with initials 'AOS' (lower left), inscribed 'Anatomy of Ecstasy./(arboreal metaphor)' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil and gouache on panel
17 ½ x 24 in. (44.5 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 12 May 1994, lot 116.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 November 2008, lot 172, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 November 2008, lot 172, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
R. Ansell (ed.), The Exhibition Catalogues of Austin O. Spare, London, 2012, pp. 146, 285.
Exhibited
London, Temple Bar, Exhibition of Paintings by Austin Osman Spare, October - November 1949, no. 10.
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.