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We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Child Study
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Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Child Study
signed with initals 'AOS.' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and numbered twice '65 Child Study 65/by Austin O. Spare' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil, charcoal and pastel on panel
9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.2 x 20 cm.)
Executed circa 1949.
Child Study
signed with initals 'AOS.' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and numbered twice '65 Child Study 65/by Austin O. Spare' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil, charcoal and pastel on panel
9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.2 x 20 cm.)
Executed circa 1949.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Literature
A.R. Naylor (ed.), From the Inferno to Zos: The Writings and Images of Austin Osman Spare, vol. I, Seattle, 1993, n.p.
Exhibited
London, Temple Bar, Exhibition of Paintings by Austin Osman Spare, October - November 1949, no. 69.
London, Mansion House Tavern, This and That, July 1952, no. 65.
London, Mansion House Tavern, This and That, July 1952, no. 65.
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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We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.