Sports News

Details

Henry Lamb, R.A. (1883-1960)
Sports News
signed and dated 'Lamb/52' (signed lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased by Mrs. Margaret Ramsay at the 1956 exhibition.

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, Henry Lamb, December 1956, no. 34.

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.

Lot Essay

The sitter for this work is Henry Lamb's son, Valentine Lamb, born 1939. He was very keen on sport from an early age and recently retired from being manager of the Irish Field newspaper.

We are very grateful to Henrietta Phipp for her assistance in cataloguing the present lot and lot 84.

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