Sale 8629
London, South Kensington
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17 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 230
Estimate
Ronald William Fordham Searle (b. 1920) The Other Heart signed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right) inscribed as title and further inscribed 'Catherine de Vausselles...Miss Irene Worth, Francois Villon...Mr Alan Badel' (lower centre) and 'Punch theatre' (upper left) pen and black ink, unframed 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 27.3cm.)
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago