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Made in Britain
Sold to benefit Paintings in Hospitals, supporting the UK's health by using art to improve wellbeing and quality of life for patients, health and care workers, and their communities.
John Bratby, R.A.
Baby at Table with Still Life
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March 14, 01:16 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Sold to benefit Paintings in Hospitals, supporting the UK's health by using art to improve wellbeing and quality of life for patients, health and care workers, and their communities.
John Bratby, R.A.
1928 - 1992
Baby at Table with Still Life
signed BRATBY (lower right); signed again John Bratby and titled (on the reverse)
oil on board
unframed: 99.5 by 122cm.; 39¼ by 48in.
framed: 102 by 125cm.; 40¼ by 49¼in.
Executed in 1956.
We are grateful to Vivienne Roberts for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot which is numbered 1956/41 in the John Bratby Archive.
Beaux Arts Gallery, London
Acquired by Paintings in Hospitals in the mid-1960s
London, Beaux Arts Gallery, John Bratby, 3 December 156 - 7 February 1957
Paintings in Hospitals is the first and only national charity of its kind. Founded in 1959 the charity currently partners with 315 care organisations across the UK, lending its artworks and facilitating creative workshops. 2,173 artworks from the charity’s unique collection are on public display and nearly 10,000 patients and carers took part in art workshops and activities in 2021. The charity receives no government funding and is wholly reliant on income from its fundraising activities. Paintings in Hospitals is a Registered Charity (1065963).