Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A

Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, 1960
Gerald Kerin
Mark Glazebrook
Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, whence acquired by Mr and Mrs Berwin, December 1982

Wendy Baron, Sickert: Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press, London and New Haven, 2006, no.526.1, p.466.

The canvas is unlined and is in good original condition. There is a faint stretcher mark running along the upper edge. There is some extremely minor craquelure in the upper left quadrant which is almost invisible. The surface of the paint is quite dirty. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals minor spots of retouching in the upper left and right corners and in a small area along the right edge. Held in a painted composition frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Painted circa 1922, the present work relates to Les Arcades de la Poissonnerie, Dieppe (Baron, no.138.1), painted in 1900, and held in the Tate collection.

We are grateful to Dr Wendy Baron for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.