Live Auction 5930Modern British and Irish Art
Simon Palmer (b. 1956)
Lot 20 PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

Simon Palmer (b. 1956)

Marty South

Closed12 December 2014

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GBP 13,750

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Simon Palmer (b. 1956)
Marty South
signed 'Simon Palmer' (lower right), inscribed 'Marty South'' (lower left)
pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache
39¾ x 28¾ in. (101 x 73 cm.)

with James Huntington-Whiteley, London.

Specialist note

Marty South is one of the characters in Thomas Hardy's novel of 1887, The Woodlanders. The story is a poetic and tragic love story and is considered one of his major works.