Sale 9757
London, South Kensington
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3 December 2003
Price realised
GBP 564
Estimate
Robert Purves Flint, R.W.S., A.R.W.S. (1883-1947) The donkey man signed and dated 'R. Purves Flint. 1923' (lower right) pencil and watercolour 8¼ x 14½ in. (21 x 36.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Ernest Brown and Phillips, London.
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Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, 1926, no. 27.
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Pre-Lot Text
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