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    Sale 8978

    Film and Entertainment, Including selected property from the

    London, South Kensington

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    12 December 2000

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    • Billette
    Lot 48

    Billette

    Price realised

    GBP 529

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    Billette
    The Seine, Paris
    oil on canvas, signed lower right, (large tear bottom right)
    25x31in. (63.5x78.7cm.) framed

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    CASTLE, Charles Noël, London: W.H. Allen, 1972, pp. 100 & 143 (illus.)


    Lot Essay

    Goldenhurst and Gerald Road, London
    Apparently Coward's housekeeper in London was convinced this painting depicted Sloane Square in London, despite the fact that a river can clearly be seen. Ever since then, Coward referred to this painting as "Sloane Square".

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