Lot 9
  • 9

Edward Burra

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edward Burra
  • costume design for oriana and angelica, don quixote
  • signed and inscribed B /
  • watercolour, gouache and pencil
  • 47 by 29cm.; 18½ by 11½in.

Provenance

The Lefevre Gallery, London;
Private Collection, London

Condition

On wove paper. There are some light discoloured marks towards the edges of the sheet, probably caused by a previous mount. There is a minor crease towards the lower right edge, and one towards the centre of the right edge. There is a light scratch within the lower and upper right quadrants. Under glass with a cream mount and held in a gilt wood and plaster frame. Unexamined out of its frame.
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