Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Andrew Lambirth and Jonathan Gibbs for their assistance preparing this catalogue entry.
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Toilette
Details
JOHN ARMSTRONG, A.R.A. (1983-1973)
Toilette
signed with initials 'JA' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 20 1/2 in. (76.2 x 52.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1929.
Toilette
signed with initials 'JA' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 20 1/2 in. (76.2 x 52.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1929.
Provenance
Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.
with Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1997.
with Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1997.
Literature
A. Lambirth, John Armstrong: The Paintings, London, 2009, pp. 28, 159, no. 81, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings by John Armstrong, October 1929, no. 39.
London, Celia Philo and Ewan Mundy, John Armstrong 1893-1973, October 1989, ex. cat.
Chichester, The Bishop's Palace, The Continental Muse, British Painters in Europe from Turner to the Present Day, July 1992, no. 25.
London, Celia Philo and Ewan Mundy, John Armstrong 1893-1973, October 1989, ex. cat.
Chichester, The Bishop's Palace, The Continental Muse, British Painters in Europe from Turner to the Present Day, July 1992, no. 25.
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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