Ronald Firbank

Details

Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
Ronald Firbank
signed 'Wyndham Lewis.' (lower right); inscribed 'of Ronald Firbank/Poet & Novelist.' (under the mount)
pencil on paper
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1922.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner's grandfather by 1949, and by descent.

Literature

W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis. Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, p. 382, no. 533, pl. 59.

Exhibited

London, Redfern Gallery, Wyndham Lewis, May 1949, no. 100, dated 1932 in the catalogue.

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.

Sale room notice

Please note that this work is also inscribed ‘of Ronald Firbank/Poet & Novelist’ (under the mount).

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Lot Essay

Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) was an English novelist. Inspired by Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Art Movement, Firbank wrote eccentric and witty short stories concerned with social status, sexuality and religion.

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