Augustus John, O.M. (1878-1961)

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Augustus John, O.M. (1878-1961)

Portrait of Romilly John, the Artist's son

signed and dated centre right John 1931, black and coloured
crayon
10½ x 8½in. (26.7 x 21.5cm.)
Provenance
The Executors of Romilly John's Estate

Lot Essay

Romilly John, writer and poet, was Augustus John's seventh child, born in 1905, the second of two sons to Dorelia. A similar drawing in profile and technique was used as the frontispiece for Romilly John's 'Poems', published in 1931

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