The Lobster Dance

Details

Eileen Agar, R.A. (1899-1991)
The Lobster Dance
signed 'AGAR' (lower centre)
gouache, watercolour, coloured crayon and collage on paper
7 x 9 in. (17.5 x 22.5 cm.)
Executed in 1956.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner.

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

I saw this picture on the mantelpiece of Eileen's room at Melbury Rd and said "Oh I do like it so ... may I buy it?" "Of course", she said.
So I purchased it and it has been a joy ever since.

This is a favourite liked especially by my wife. Why? She responds to its lovely play of colour and form. And wit. Eileen is above all a witty painter. This crustacean fantasy dances as only Agarian lobsters can, thanks to Eileen's instinctive vitality animating her vision.
Allen Freer.

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