Nelson Place, Bath

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Nelson Place, Bath
signed 'St.' (lower left)
oil on canvas, squared
27 x 20 1/8 in. (68.6 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1917-18.

Provenance

with Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1950.
J.D. Byfield.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1967.
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York.
His sale; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 September 1980, lot 43, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

M. Sharp Young, 'Treasures in Gramercy Park', Apollo, no. 61, March 1967, p. 180, pl. ix.
W. Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 453, no. 494.2.

Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Today and Yesterday, September 1960, no. 20.

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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

'Nelson Place was a steep hill which ran from London Road down to the River Avon ... The steeple in the background belongs to St John the Baptist's church across the Avon' (W. Baron, op. cit.).

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