25th Jul, 2014 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Art Sale

 
Lot 520
 

520

Rex Whistler (1905-1944) "It was here in a tin chapel, that I first imagined what heaven was to be

Rex Whistler (1905-1944)
"It was here in a tin chapel, that I first imagined what heaven was to be in life"
Extensively inscribed verso, pen, ink and watercolour, 18cm by 13cm

This original drawing became an illustration in the second of twelve articles by Hector Bolitho on "The English Year", Nash's Pall Mall Magazine, February 1935

Provenance: Purchased in the early 1950's from Laurence Whistler

*this lot is subject to Artists' Resale Rights

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Auction: Summer Fine Art Sale, 25th Jul, 2014

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