Live Auction 5615Victorian and British Impressionist Pictures
Christie’s roundel
Lot 131

Charles Spencelayh, H.R.B.S.A., R.M.S., V.P.B.W.S. (1865-1958)

Portrait of Joseph Nissim Levy Esq., seated in a black suit and tie, a cigar in his right hand

Closed17 March 2010

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GBP 4,750

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Charles Spencelayh, H.R.B.S.A., R.M.S., V.P.B.W.S. (1865-1958)
Portrait of Joseph Nissim Levy Esq., seated in a black suit and tie, a cigar in his right hand
signed and dated 'C. Spencelayh/1924' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.)

Commissioned from the artist by the sitter.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Joseph Nissim Levy was Charles Spencelayh's first major patron. From the end of the First World War until Mr Levy's death in 1934, the artist was under contract to him and lived in a rent-free house in Manchester provided by Mr Levy.