Live Auction 10442Modern British and Irish Art
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Lot 27

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)

The Toast (Trelawney of the Wells)

Closed19 March 2015

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GBP 86,500

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Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
The Toast (Trelawney of the Wells)
signed 'Sickert.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 15¼ in. (45.7 x 38.3 cm.)
Painted in 1898.

André Gide.
with Leicester Galleries, London, 1952, where purchased by Hugh Beaumont.

Specialist note

Hugh 'Binkie' Beaumont, was one of the most influential theatre producers in London during the middle of 20th Century. Setting up H.M. Tennant Ltd in 1936 with Harry Tennant, he went on to produce many very successful productions, including Noel Coward's Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit.