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We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Wagg, Master Man
Details
Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Wagg, Master Man
inscribed 'Wagg, Master man' (lower right), signed, inscribed again and numbered '114. Wagg./by Austin O. Spare' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil, charcoal and pastel on paper
13 ¾ x 11 3/8 in. (35 x 29 cm.)
Executed circa 1949.
Wagg, Master Man
inscribed 'Wagg, Master man' (lower right), signed, inscribed again and numbered '114. Wagg./by Austin O. Spare' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil, charcoal and pastel on paper
13 ¾ x 11 3/8 in. (35 x 29 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. 114, under 'Southwark Characters and Personalities'.
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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Albany Bell
We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.