Alfred Wallis - Grey Harbour (Ship Passing Lighthouse) |
Framed size 23 x 41.5 cm
Oil and pencil on board.
An important ‘association’ painting having been owned by Sven Berlin, Wallis’ first biographer. It is illustrated in the second edition of Alfred Wallis Primitive. It was then given by Berlin to the painter Adrian Ryan (1920-1998). A note on the reverse states: given to me by Sven Berlin 1949, A. Ryan SVEN'S FRAMING!
A record price of £85,000 was paid in Sotherby’s last week for a Wallis
which had been owned by Ben Nicholson. (June 2010) |
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Price inclusive of frame, VAT & UK shipping
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