Lot Essay
Lewis moved to Toronto in late 1940 where he lived for two and a half years. He bought a supply of coloured paper which he used for numerous drawings in coloured chalk or pastel.
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A seated boy
Details
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
A seated boy
signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis 1944' (lower right)
charoal and pastel on blue paper
16½ x 11½ in. (41.9 x 29.3 cm.)
A seated boy
signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis 1944' (lower right)
charoal and pastel on blue paper
16½ x 11½ in. (41.9 x 29.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Abbott and Holder, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Olympia, Wyndham Lewis, March 2005, no. WL-082.
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.