Live Auction 258820th Century British Art
John Bratby, R.A (1928-1992)
Lot 59

John Bratby, R.A (1928-1992)

From the Rooftops of the RCA

Closed12 October 2011

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GBP 5,625

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John Bratby, R.A (1928-1992)
From the Rooftops of the RCA
signed and inscribed 'BRATBY/RCA/Exhibition Rd/South Ken/'La Ditendo' (on the reverse)
oil on board
27 x 35 in. (68.7 x 88.8 cm.)
Painted in 1953.

Albert Allen, Bursar at the Royal Collage of Art and John Bratby's lifelong friend.

Specialist note

The present work is one of a series of paintings Bratby executed when, after being evicted from his bedsit, he illicitly camped out in the attic recess above the Royal College.

The present work is sold with correspondence between Albert Allen and Bratby.