Live Auction 10444Modern British & Irish Art
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Lot 156

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

The Obelisk

Closed15 July 2015

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GBP 18,750

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Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
The Obelisk
signed 'Sickert' (lower left)
oil on canvas
15 3/8 x 15 ½ in. (39 x 39.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1914.

with Leicester Galleries, London.
Lt. Col. P.C. Bull, his sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1961, lot 95.
Leonard Russell, his sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1967, lot 35, as 'The Obelisk near Bath'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1969, lot 210, as 'An Obelisk near Bath'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1974, lot 73, as 'The Obelisk, Arques'.

Specialist note

The present work shows the obelisk near Arques-la-Bataille, a few miles inland from Dieppe, which commemorates the victory on 21 September 1589 of Henry IV over the Duke of Mayenne.

We are very grateful to Dr Wendy Baron for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.