Sale 5686
London
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31 October 1996
Price realised
GBP 1,150
Estimate
Crocuses on a woodland floor By Alfred Powell, circa 1935 Watercolour on silk, framed and glazed 11 by 5in. (28 by 12.7cm.) sight area Signed Alfred Powell Tura
Provenance
The family of J. P. Bedford, thence by descent.
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