Lot 86
86
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
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Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)

The little tea shop, Dieppe

Details
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
The little tea shop, Dieppe
signed 'Sickert' (lower right)
oil on panel
9¼ x 5½ in. (23.5 x 14 cm.)
Painted in 1885.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 April 1964, lot 141 (700 gns to Agnew).
with Agnews, London, where purchased by Robert Haines in 1976.
Sir Tristan Antico, Sydney.
Private collection.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Sickert spent each summer in Dieppe from 1885 until he went to live there permanently in the autumn of 1898. This informal sketch was probably painted during the latter half of the 1880s when café scenes, both indoors and out, feature in many of his drawings, etchings and paintings. The subject matter was perhaps inspired by the example of Degas, but the fluent handling, understated definition and muted tones owe a debt to Whistler.

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