Walter Richard Sickert

H. Holdsworth
Sale, Christie's London, 15th July 1938, lot 109, where acquired by J. Paul Getty

David Jaffé, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997, illustrated p.117;
Wendy Baron, Sickert: Paintings and Drawings, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006, no.542, illustrated p.472.

Original canvas. There is a pinhole near the centre of the upper edge but otherwise the surface is in good original condition. Ultraviolet light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a gilt plaster frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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A preparatory sketch of the present work is presently in the collection of the Huntington Museum of Art, San Marino, California.

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