Sale 5767
London
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27 March 1997
Price realised
GBP 4,370
Estimate
Charles Simpson (1885-1971) Becher's Brook, 1st Time Round; The Grand National, 1925 signed 'Charles Simpson' (lower right) gouache 21 x 28¾ in. (53.3 x 73 cm.)
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Exhibited
London, Fine Art Society, Exhibition of Hunting Field Sketches, Leicestershire 1924-25 and of The Grand National by Charles Simpson, April 1925, no.43.
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