20th Oct, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST
Roger Fry (1866-1934)
"View from Rodwell House"
Inscribed with title on stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 37cm by 45cm
Provenance: The Estate of Helen Anrep
Helen Anrep and Roger Fry purchased Rodwell House near Baylham, Suffolk together in 1928. This work was reputedly painted in 1933, the year before his death. Apparently Fry spent that year painting on the Anrep estate and touring around the South of England in a motor car (despite his reputation as a terrible driver).
See illustration
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £600 - £800
Re lined, cleaned and re varnished. Some sporadic areas of retouching, mostly contained to the sky and in particular the top corners. Canvas slightly rubbed along the bottom edge. Not signed.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 20th Oct, 2018
Modern & Contemporary Art
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