Modern & Post-War British Art
Modern & Post-War British Art
Auction Closed
November 20, 12:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN
1865 - 1925
ON LUPPITT COMMON NO. 2
signed; stamped with studio stamp on the reverse; titled and dated 1924 on a label attached to the frame
oil on canvas
58.5 by 70.5cm.; 23 by 27¾in.
Executed in 1924.
The Estate of the Artist
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, London, where acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, 1961, and thence by descent
R.A. Bevan, Robert Bevan 1865-1925, A Memoir by his Son, Studio Vista, London, 1965, cat. no.84, illustrated.
London, Spring Gardens Gallery, New English Art Club 72nd Exhibition, 25th April - 23rd May 1925, cat. no.130 (as On Lupitt Common);
London, Goupil Gallery, Robert Bevan Memorial Exhibition, February 1926, cat. no.159 (as On Luppitt Common);
Colchester, Castle Museum, Selection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, 2nd - 14th July 1951, cat. no.3, probably (as Luppitt Common);
London, Colnaghi, Paintings by Robert Bevan, 1961, cat. no.4, illustrated pl.V;
London, Colnaghi, Robert Bevan Centenary Exhibition, March - April 1965, cat. no.51, illustrated, with tour to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
We are grateful to Patrick Baty for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. Patrick is currently compiling the catalogue raisonné of the Artist’s work, and would like to hear from owners of any works by Robert Bevan, so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Patrick Baty c/o Modern & Post-War British Art, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA, or email modbrit@sothebys.com.