Live Auction 12303Modern British & Irish Art
Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)
Lot 1 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT TAYLOR AGASUCCI

Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)

Portrait of Hannen Swaffer

Closed17 March 2016

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GBP 1,375

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Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)
Portrait of Hannen Swaffer
signed with initials 'AOS' (lower left), inscribed 'Hannen Swaffer' (lower right)
pencil and crayon
13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm.), unframed
Executed circa 1944-45.

Frank Letchford.
with Caduceus Books, Hinckley, where purchased by the present owner, February 2001.

Specialist note

Hannen Swaffer (1879-1962), the English journalist and drama critic, was a friend and patron of Spare's throughout his life. When Spare died it was Swaffer who paid for his funeral.