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The Sphinx
Details
EDWARD BURRA (1905-1976)
The Sphinx
stamped with signature 'E.J. Burra' (lower right)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on two sheets, joined
30 x 43 in. (76.2 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1945.
The Sphinx
stamped with signature 'E.J. Burra' (lower right)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on two sheets, joined
30 x 43 in. (76.2 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1945.
Provenance
Purchased at the 1970 exhibition by Sir Frederick Gibberd, C.B.E., R.A.
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owners in April 1999.
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owners in April 1999.
Literature
T. Kennedy and E. Spindel (eds), exhibition catalogue, Edward Burra, London, Tate Britain, 2025, pp. 17-18, fig. 3.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Watercolours by Edward Burra, April - May 1963, no. 14.
London, Hamet Gallery, Edward Burra, October 1970, no. 11.
London, Hamet Gallery, Edward Burra, October 1970, no. 11.
Brought to you by
Charlie Campbell-Gray
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