Sir Cedric Morris

Ratatouille

Auction Closed

June 30, 10:59 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Wakefield Family Collection

Sir Cedric Morris

1889 - 1982

Ratatouille

signed CEDRIC MORRIS and dated -54 (lower left)

oil on canvas

unframed: 76.5 by 50.5cm.; 30¼ by 20in.

framed: 92.5 by 67cm; 36½ by 26½in.

Executed in 1954.

Acquired directly from the Artist by the parents of the present owner in the late 1950s, and thence by family descent

Colin Spencer, Feast for Health, A Gourmet Guide to Good Food, Dorling Kindersley, London, June 1987, illustrated on the front cover

London, Tate Gallery, Cedric Morris, 28 March - 13 May 1984, no. 91, illustrated in catalogue p. 88