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

The Obelisk

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
The Obelisk
signed 'Sickert' (lower left)
oil on canvas
15 3/8 x 15 ½ in. (39 x 39.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1914.

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.
Lt. Col. P.C. Bull, his sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1961, lot 95.
Leonard Russell, his sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1967, lot 35, as 'The Obelisk near Bath'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1969, lot 210, as 'An Obelisk near Bath'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1974, lot 73, as 'The Obelisk, Arques'.

Literature

W. Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, p. 364, no. 346.2.
W. Baron, Sickert Paintings & Drawings, London, 2006, p. 240, no. 438.2.

Lot Essay

The present work shows the obelisk near Arques-la-Bataille, a few miles inland from Dieppe, which commemorates the victory on 21 September 1589 of Henry IV over the Duke of Mayenne.

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

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