Ann Driver

Details

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Ann Driver
signed with initials 'AOS' (lower left); signed again and inscribed 'Ann Driver/by Austin Osman Spare' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil and pastel on panel
14 x 12 ½ in. (35.6 x 31.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1953.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s.

Exhibited

London, The Archer Gallery, Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings by Austin Osman Spare, October - November 1955, no. 48, catalogue not traced.

Special notice

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.

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Lot Essay

Ann Driver MBE was a musician, broadcaster and producer for the BBC from 1935, setting nursery rhymes and stories to music.

We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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