Portrait of a woman with red hair, 'Coquette'

Details

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Portrait of a woman with red hair, 'Coquette'
signed 'AO Spare' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and gouache
12 7/8 x 9 ¾ in. (33.6 x 24.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1930.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Edgar Horn, Eastbourne, 1 April 1998, lot 217.
Miss Charlotte Newman.
Private collection, London, where acquired by the present owner, circa 2008.

Literature

P. Baker, Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist, London, 2011, p. 265, pl. 3.

Exhibited

London, The Maas Gallery, Borough Satyr: The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare, 2005, no. 48, n.p, illustrated.

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.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a portrait of Mary Pickford from her role in the 1929 film Coquette.

We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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