Made in Britain
Made in Britain
AUGUSTUS JOHN, R.A. | DRAWING OF POPPET
Auction Closed
March 17, 04:17 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AUGUSTUS JOHN, R.A.
1878-1961
DRAWING OF POPPET
signed and dedicated To Bill
chalk on paper
40 by 29cm.; 15¾ by 11½in.
Executed circa 1942.
The Artist, by whom gifted to Villiers A’Court Bergne
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The daughter of Augustus John, Elizabeth Anne "Poppet" John was born in 1912. The present work is a sketch that was gifted by John to Poppet’s second husband Villiers A’Court Bergne during his courtship of Poppet.