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Lot 38

John Banting (1902-1972)

Self-Portrait

Fermé12 November 2009

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GBP 11,250

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John Banting (1902-1972)
Self-Portrait
signed, inscribed, dedicated and dated 'For Zena/John Banting/Cork Street January/1937' (on the reverse)
oil on board
9¾ x 7 in. (24.7 x 17.8 cm.)

A gift from the artist to Zena Douglas in 1937, and by inheritance.

Note du spécialiste

Banting contributed to the hugely important International Exhibition of Surrealism at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in the summer of 1936. Salvador Dali, who delivered a lecture at the exhibition whilst wearing a deep-sea diving suit, nearly suffocated during his presentation, only to be rescued by a poet, David Gascoyne, who arrived with a spanner to release him. With strong Stalinist views Banting visited Spain between October and December 1937 during the Civil War.