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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A.

Design for Mural Painting for a Bar in a Seaside Pavilion, Based on Four Colours Stipulated by the Architect

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November 23, 03:04 PM GMT

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30,000 - 50,000 GBP

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A.

1889 - 1949

Design for Mural Painting for a Bar in a Seaside Pavilion, Based on Four Colours Stipulated by the Architect


signed EDWARD WADSWORTH, titled, dated 1948. and inscribed on a label (attached to the reverse)

tempera on board

unframed: 40.5 by 61cm.; 16 by 24in.

framed: 54 by 74cm.; 21¼ by 29in.

Executed in 1948.


We are grateful to Jonathan Black for his kind assitance in cataloguing the present work.

Osborne Samuel, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2 October 2006

Jonathan Black, Edward Wadsworth, Form Feeling and Calculation: The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2005, no. 455, illustrated p. 207 (as Design for a Mural for a Bar in a Country Club)