Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877-1970)

Epsom

Details

Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877-1970)
Epsom
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right), signed again and inscribed '"Epsom"/Dame Laura Knight/16. Langford Place./St. Johns Wood.' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour
14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 51 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Olympic Association, XIV Olympiad: Exhibition of Sport in Art, July-August 1948, no. 245.

Lot Essay

The size of the crowd in the present work suggests this is one of the other days at the Derby meeting. The little covered stand (also visible in lot 136 and referred to in catalogue note) is visible, indicating that this work dates from 1939 or before.

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