Lot Essay
For further information regarding Gear’s work as a Monuments Officer please see lot 154.
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Family Group; and The Family
Details
William Gear, R.A. (1915-1997)
Family Group; and The Family
the one signed and dated 'Gear/46' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again '"Family Group"/WM. Gear Oct 1946./monotype transfer - coloured inks/CELLE, GERMANY' (on the reverse); the other signed 'Gear 46.' (lower left), inscribed and dated again 'The Family/CELLE, GERMANY - SEPT '46' (on the reverse)
monotype transfer with hand-coloured inks, unframed
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.); and 14 ½ x 22 in. (36.8 x 55.9 cm.)
(2)
Family Group; and The Family
the one signed and dated 'Gear/46' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again '"Family Group"/WM. Gear Oct 1946./monotype transfer - coloured inks/CELLE, GERMANY' (on the reverse); the other signed 'Gear 46.' (lower left), inscribed and dated again 'The Family/CELLE, GERMANY - SEPT '46' (on the reverse)
monotype transfer with hand-coloured inks, unframed
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.); and 14 ½ x 22 in. (36.8 x 55.9 cm.)
(2)
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner's father, and by descent.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.