Live Auction 588320th Century British Art including The Olga Davenport Collection
Emile Bernard (1868-1941)
Lot 23

Emile Bernard (1868-1941)

Coptic Priest (recto); and Portrait of a Coptic Priest (verso)

Closed25 March 2009

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GBP 500

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Emile Bernard (1868-1941)
Coptic Priest (recto); and Portrait of a Coptic Priest (verso)
signed and dated 'Emile Bernard/1893'
ink and wash
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm.)

Purchased by Olga Davenport at the 1968 exhibition, 21 June 1968.

Specialist note

The little Coptic Priest of 1893 is a reflection of Bernard's Hieratic style and an echo of Peladian's priest-leke role of Sar.