Live Auction 588520th Century British Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 20

Gertrude des Clayes (1879-1949)

Pearly King

Closed23 September 2009

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GBP 2,000

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Gertrude des Clayes (1879-1949)
Pearly King
signed and dated 'G des Clayes/1932' (lower left), signed again and inscribed ''PEARLY KING'/GERTRUDE DES CLAYES' (on a label attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Specialist note

Gertrude des Clayes studied at the Académie Julian. Her work is represented in the National Gallery of Canada and also in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.