Lot Essay
This is the first of two portraits that Derek Hill painted of Freddie Mills. Freddie Mills was the World Light Heavyweight boxing champion from 1948-1950.
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Portrait of Freddie Mills
Details
Derek Hill, H.R.H.A. (1916-2000)
Portrait of Freddie Mills
signed with initials 'DH' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Portrait of Freddie Mills
signed with initials 'DH' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Literature
G. Gowrie, Derek Hill: An Appreciation, London, 1987, p. 105 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Letterkenny, The Glebe House & Gallery, Hill's Horizon, 1996, no.4. Dublin, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Derek Hill HRHA, September 1998.
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