Modern British Day Auction

Modern British Day Auction

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Property from a British Private Collection

Christopher Wood

White Yacht off the Breton Coast

Auction Closed

June 30, 10:59 AM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Christopher Wood

1901 - 1930

White Yacht off the Breton Coast


oil on board

unframed: 41 by 56.5cm.; 16 by 22¼in.

framed: 67 by 81.5cm.; 26½ by 32in.

Executed in 1929.


We are grateful to Robert Upstone for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné for Christopher Wood.

Acquired directly from the Artist by Boris Kochno
His sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 11 October, 1991, lot 11 (titled Breton Seascape), where acquired by the present owner
Eric Newton (intro.), Christopher Wood: 1901-1930, The Redfern Gallery, London, 1938, no. 375, p. 74