Preparatory sketch for the portrait of Percy Grainger, 1960

Details

MAXWELL ARMFIELD, R.W.S. (1881-1972)
Preparatory sketch for the portrait of Percy Grainger, 1960
pencil, squared for transfer, on tracing paper
11 5⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 cm.)

Provenance

Alexander Ballard.
with The Fine Art Society, London, 1974, from where acquired by the late Barry Humphries.

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Lot Essay

Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer, best known for his piano arrangement of the folk-dance ‘Country Gardens’. The present sketch appears to relate to a portrait on silk of Grainger, by Armfield now held in the Britten-Pears Collection (ref. 5-9700306).

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