Lot Essay
In 1969 Burra visited Rochester where he recorded the oil refineries in the Thames estuary.
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A View of Rochester
Details
Edward Burra (1905-1976)
A View of Rochester
stamped with signature 'E.J.Burra' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
31 x 52½ in. (78.7 x 133.4 cm.)
Executed in 1969
A View of Rochester
stamped with signature 'E.J.Burra' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
31 x 52½ in. (78.7 x 133.4 cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased in September 1973.
Literature
A. Causey, Edward Burra, Oxford, 1985, no. 356, illustrated.
A. Causey and G. Melly, Edward Burra, catalogue for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, London, 1985, p. 72.
A. Causey and G. Melly, Edward Burra, catalogue for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, London, 1985, p. 72.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Recent Works by Edward Burra, April-May 1971, no. 10, illustrated.
London, Tate Gallery, Edward Burra, May-July 1973, no. 137.
London, Tate Gallery, Edward Burra, May-July 1973, no. 137.
Special notice
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