Sphinx

细节

Denis Wirth Miller (b. 1915)
Sphinx
signed and dated 'WIRTH MILLER 45' (lower left)
ink, crayon and watercolour
15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)

来源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 8 March 1990, lot 222, where purchased by the present owner.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

拍品专文

Wirth Miller was self-taught and exhibited in London at the Redfern, Lefevre and Beaux-Arts galleries. He was friends with Francis Bacon and briefly shared a studio or flat with him in the 1950s.