Live Auction 10452Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. (1877-1970)
Lot 81

Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. (1877-1970)

Portrait of Edith Broster, seated three-quarter length, in a pink dress

Closed12 March 2015

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GBP 8,750

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Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. (1877-1970)
Portrait of Edith Broster, seated three-quarter length, in a pink dress
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Laura/Knight/fecit/1934/Edith Broster' (on a scroll, lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)

By family descent, from the sitter.

Specialist note

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Dame Laura Knight currently being prepared by R John Croft FCA, the artist’s great-nephew.