Live Auction 20111British and European Art
SIR ALFRED EAST, R.A., R.I., P.R.B.A., R.P.E. (BRITISH, 1844-1913)
Lot 135 Property from a Private English Collection

*SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE*

SIR ALFRED EAST, R.A., R.I., P.R.B.A., R.P.E. (BRITISH, 1844-1913)

Haru-no-Yuki (Snow in Spring)

Closed15 July 2021

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GBP 13,750

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SIR ALFRED EAST, R.A., R.I., P.R.B.A., R.P.E. (BRITISH, 1844-1913)
Haru-no-Yuki (Snow in Spring)
signed 'ALFRED EAST.' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'HARU-NO-YUKI/Snow in Spring/Alfred' (on a partial exhibition label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 ¼ x 60 ¼ in. (102.3 x 153 cm.)
in the artist's original frame

Ashfold School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
with Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London, 1979, where purchased by the present owner.

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TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Another version of the painting was exhibited under the same title at the Royal Academy in 1909. The second version features prominent trees covered in blossom in the foreground.