Contraband

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A (1860-1942)
Contraband
signed 'Sickert.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 24 in. (56 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.
Robert Emmons, and by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Robert Emmons, author of The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert (London, 1941) owned the present work and Village street scene, which have been passed by descent to the present owner.

We are very grateful to Dr Wendy Baron for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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