Bareback

細節

Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. (1877-1970)
Bareback
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Islington 1938/L. K.' (lower right)
black chalk and watercolour
10¾ x 14½ in. (27.3 x 36.8 cm.)

來源

with Colnaghi's, London.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品專文

Knight's interest in circuses began with her childhood memories of the Nottingham Goose Fair. In the early 1930s she undertook a regional tour of the Midlands with Carno's Circus. She was soon taken on as their official artist on a salary of two and sixpence a week. She lodged with the clown Joe Bert and his wife Ally who became her lifelong friends and the subjects of her 1962 memoir A Proper Circus Omie.