Sale 6127
London
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4 June 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,645
Estimate
John Tunnard, A.R.A. (1900-1971) Lizard Spectrum (Cornwall) signed, dated and numbered 'John Tunnard/44/D.132' (lower left), signed dated and numbered again and inscribed 'John Tunnard./1944/Lizard Spectrum./20 guineas./D.132' (on the reverse) pencil, pen, brush, black ink, watercolour and gouache 14 x 21 in. (36 x 54 cm.) Executed in October 1944
Provenance
with Leger Gallery, London, November 1944. with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in December 1945 for 21 gns.
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Literature
The Witt Collection (of images), Courtauld Institute of Art, London. A. Peat and B. Whitton, John Tunnard His Life and Work, Aldershot, 1997, no.382.
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