Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)

"The stuff that/dreams are made/of."; and Kneeling Female Nude

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Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)
"The stuff that/dreams are made/of."; and Kneeling Female Nude
both signed with initials: "AOS.", the former inscribed as title further inscribed
pencil with touches of watercolour
14¾ x 10¼in. (37.5 x 26cm.)
a pair (2)
来源
Desmond Coke Collection

拍品专文

Widely respected as a draughtsman, Spare was obsessively intrigued by the supernatural and the occult. Experimenting with automatic drawing allowed him the opportunity of releasing images and thought processes from the subconscious in his works that are suppressed in one's everyday life.