Lot Essay
Shirin and Unity Spencer have suggested that the sitter may be the artist's brother, Sydney.
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Studies for a portrait of a man (recto)
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Studies for a portrait of a man (recto)
pencil, pen and black ink
14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.4 cm.)
early pencil and brown wash studies (verso); and an idea for Going to Bed (recto and verso), pencil 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm.); and study of Carrying Punt Cushions (recto), inscribed 'going on river at Slessers./Carrying punt cushions' (on the reverse); pencil on paper, laid down, 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.) 10 x 15 in. (27.3 x 40 cm.) overall, figure study (verso) (3)
pencil, pen and black ink
14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.4 cm.)
early pencil and brown wash studies (verso); and an idea for Going to Bed (recto and verso), pencil 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm.); and study of Carrying Punt Cushions (recto), inscribed 'going on river at Slessers./Carrying punt cushions' (on the reverse); pencil on paper, laid down, 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.) 10 x 15 in. (27.3 x 40 cm.) overall, figure study (verso) (3)