L'Eldorado: Studies of Heads

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
L'Eldorado: Studies of Heads
signed with initials 'Rd St A.R.A' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'Paris/1907' (lower left)
crayon, ink and pastel
11½ x 7¾ in. (29.2 x 19.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 March 1960, lot 100.

Literature

W.Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, p.344, cat no.245, study no.1.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present work is a sheet of studies of the head of a member of the audience in a painting of the Eldorado, a music hall in Paris.

We are grateful to Wendy Baron for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. This lot will be included in the catalogue section of Wendy Baron's forthcoming monograph on the work of Walter Richard Sickert.

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