Sale 10364
London
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26 June 2015
Price realised
GBP 10,625
Estimate
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942) The Old Bedford signed 'Sickert' (lower centre) and inscribed 'The old Bedford' (lower left) black and white chalk on buff paper 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. (27.3 x 20.9 cm.) Executed circa 1915-16.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 5 September 2002, lot 526.
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