Live Auction 20111British and European Art
PHILIP ALEXIUS DE LÁSZLÓ (BRITISH, 1869-1937)
Lot 123 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF WORKS BY DE LÁSZLÓ (LOTS 114-116, 123, 125 & 126)

PHILIP ALEXIUS DE LÁSZLÓ (BRITISH, 1869-1937)

Mrs Philip de László, née Lucy Guinness

Closed15 July 2021

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GBP 25,000

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PHILIP ALEXIUS DE LÁSZLÓ (BRITISH, 1869-1937)
Mrs Philip de László, née Lucy Guinness
with inscription 'Mrs P. A. de László' (on the reverse)
oil on board
32 ¾ x 27 in. (83.2 x 68.6 cm.)

By descent in the artist's family until sold,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 2013, lot 26, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note


Lucy Madeline Guinness (1870-1950) was the daughter of Henry Guinness of Burton Hall, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin and his wife Emelina Brown. She first met the artist Philip de László in Munich in 1892 but her family did not allow them to marry until 1900. Lucy was extremely supportive of her husband's career and wrote detailed diaries which vividly describe his work as she travelled with him across Europe and the United States fulfilling portrait commissions.
We are grateful to Katherine Field for writing the catalogue entry for this portrait, which will be included in the Philip de László catalogue raisonné, currently presented in progress online: www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com.