9th Oct, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 3048
 

3048

Frank Auerbach (b.1931)
"Joe Tilson, from Six Etchings of Heads"

Frank Auerbach (b.1931) British/German

"Joe Tilson, from Six Etchings of Heads"

Signed and dated (19)80, artist's proof, inscribed and dedicated "to Barbara, love from Frank", etching, published by Marlborough Graphics, with the blindstamp for Palm Tree Studios, 38.5cm by 33.5cm



Provenance: Marlborough Gallery, London



Sold together with a copy of "Frank Auerbach Etchings & Drypoints 1954-2006", The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge in association with Marlborough Graphics, London, see p.9



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See illustration

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

The print is float mounted. Some cockling to paper. Otherwise in good overall condition. Not examined out of the frame.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 9th Oct, 2021


To include a selection of Contemporary artworks from The Frank Cohen Collection (to be sold without reserve), an important watercolour by Elizabeth Blackadder, ceramics by Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso, and Northern Art by the likes of Norman Cornish, Brian ‘Braaq’ Shields and Peter Brook. The sale also includes a singe owner collection of works by Harry Epworth Allen, and a collection from the Estate of Eric Hill. Also represented are David Shepherd, Mary Fedden, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Guy Taplin, Elisabeth Frink, Bob Dylan and Bram Bogart.

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