15th Jul, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST
Summer Fine Art Sale
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Claude Flight RBA (1881-1955) A collection of extensively inscribed and annotated...
A collection of extensively inscribed and annotated reproductions, black and white photographs of extant works by Claude Flight and textile and applique collaborative examples designed by Claude Flight and executed by Edith Lawrence to include "Round and Round", "Football Match", "Heading the Ball", "In the Row", "Passing the Shop Windows", "In the Rain", "Passing buses","Into the Sea", an exhibition invitation for Claude Flight, dated Thursday June 2nd 1927 for exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, together with a further invitation for a joint exhibition of Claude Flight and Edith Lawrence at Wood Cottage, Donhead, St. Andrew, date unknown, and further miscellaneous black and white photographs of Claude Flight and Edith Lawrence to include Claude Flight in his studio making linocuts, The Artist, Claude Flight, outside his Cave home in Chantemesle near Montres, France, a dynamic pose of a young lady, possibly Edith Lawrence, a sheet of passport sized black and white photographs of Edith Lawrence in various poses (one missing), a sheet of black and white passport sized photographs of Claude Flight in various poses, wearing his military uniform (two missing) and other related photographs etc. (a collection)
Provenance: From the Estate of Edith Lawrence
See illustration
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Sold as seen. In an overall condition consistent with a collection of unframed works which have been hold in a portfolio for decades ie some generally handling marks/ dog eared/ time staining to any paper etc.
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