Live Auction 16044Modern | British & Irish Art
Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Lot 114

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)

Portrait of a woman with red hair, 'Coquette'

Closed21 March 2018

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GBP 9,375

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Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Portrait of a woman with red hair, 'Coquette'
signed 'AO Spare' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and gouache
12 7/8 x 9 ¾ in. (33.6 x 24.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1930.

Anonymous sale; Edgar Horn, Eastbourne, 1 April 1998, lot 217.
Miss Charlotte Newman.
Private collection, London, where acquired by the present owner, circa 2008.

Specialist note

The present work is a portrait of Mary Pickford from her role in the 1929 film Coquette.

We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.