Live Auction 16023Interiors including Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
GERALD TYRWHITT-WILSON, LORD BERNERS (BRITISH, 1883-1950)
Lot 76 PROPERTY FROM FARINGDON HOUSE, OXFORDSHIRE, LOTS 1-145

GERALD TYRWHITT-WILSON, LORD BERNERS (BRITISH, 1883-1950)

A river scene in the Auvergne used as a backdrop in 'A Wedding Bouquet'; and a design for the backdrop of 'A Wedding Bouquet'

Closed12 April 2018

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GERALD TYRWHITT-WILSON, LORD BERNERS (BRITISH, 1883-1950)
A river scene in the Auvergne used as a backdrop in 'A Wedding Bouquet'; and a design for the backdrop of 'A Wedding Bouquet'
(ii) signed and inscribed 'Please check this with/ the actual scenery. It doesn't/ seem quite right/ Berners' (lower centre)
(i) oil on canvasboard
(ii) watercolour on canvasboard
(i) 13 x 16 in. (33 x 40.6 cm.)
(ii) 18 x 23 ¾ in. (45.7 x 60.4 cm.)
(2)These works were executed circa 1936.

Specialist note

'A Wedding Bouquet' was a short ballet produced by Lord Berners in 1937 with text written by Gertrude Stein and the choreography by Frederick Ashton.