Mixed flowers in a glass jar

Details

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Mixed flowers in a glass jar
signed 'John' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Ernest, Brown & Phillips, at The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by
Mr Kenneth Hall.

Literature

M. Easton & M. Holroyd, The Art of Augustus John, London, 1974, pp. 92-93, pl. 24.

Exhibited

London, The Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of works by Augustus John, May 1948, no. 18.

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.

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Lot Essay

Mixed flowers in a glass jar hung in the main drawing room at Augustus John's house, Fryern Court, Fordingbridge from 1938 until it was sold in 1948.

We are grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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