Lot Essay
See note to lot 49.
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Shut
Details
John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)
Shut
signed with initials and dated 'JA 39' (lower right)
tempera on panel
8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 15.8 cm.)
Shut
signed with initials and dated 'JA 39' (lower right)
tempera on panel
8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 15.8 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole, by whom purchased at the 1939 exhibition.
N. Connell, by whom purchased at the 1945 exhibition.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 March 1985, lot 120, where purchased by the present owner.
N. Connell, by whom purchased at the 1945 exhibition.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 March 1985, lot 120, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Contemporary Artists, December 1939, no. 94.
London, Leicester Galleries, The Collection of the Late Sir Hugh Walpole, May 1945, no. 140.
Finland, Retretti Art Centre, Surrealismi - Surrealism, May - September 1987, not numbered.
London, Leicester Galleries, The Collection of the Late Sir Hugh Walpole, May 1945, no. 140.
Finland, Retretti Art Centre, Surrealismi - Surrealism, May - September 1987, not numbered.
Special notice
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