Live Auction 7919The Nicolette Wernick Collection British Watercolours and Paintings (1800-1950)
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Lot 52

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

Nativity scene

Closed16 June 2010

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GBP 2,250

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Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Nativity scene
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour on paper
11¾ x 7 7/8 in. (29.8 x 20 cm.); with a pencil line study of an animal's hind quarters (verso)

with Davis & Langdale, New York, 1993, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present watercolour was used as the basis for a four-colour lithograph by Bell, issued in 1951, printed at the Millers Press, Lewes, East Sussex.