Philip Wilson Steer

Sir Augustus Daniel
The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill July 1951 for £35.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

London, The Leicester Galleries, The Collection of Sir Augustus Daniel, June 1951, cat. no.23;
Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery, Festival of Britain, 1951, Wilson Steer Exhibition, 7th July - 16th September 1951;
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Water Colours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, (part IV- section 2) cat. no.2 (as The Water Mill);
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, cat. no.243.

D. S. MacColl, Life and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer, Faber and Faber, London, 1945, illustrated pl.42b (as The Mill).

The sheet is sound and has been laid down. There are scattered specks of foxing in the sky and the sheet appears to have faded slightly, particularly in the upper corners. Otherwise in generally good overall condition. Held under glass in a gilt plaster frame with a cream mount. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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