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Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Lot 19

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)

Five hand-illustrated postcards

Fermé14 July 2016

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GBP 12,500

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Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Five hand-illustrated postcards
variously signed and inscribed
pencil, coloured crayon and ink, on five postcards
5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm.) and smaller
(5)Executed in 1926-1927.

Gifted by the artist to A.G. Fiddes Watt.
Acquired by the present owner in 1988.

Note du spécialiste

The present lot of five illustrated postcards are all addressed to A.G. Fiddes Watt, a fellow artist and friend of Austin Osman Spare. A.G. Fiddes Watt was the son of well-known portrait artist and engraver Georges Fiddes Watt. Three of the postcards are ‘vibratory portraits’ that Spare produced during this period, with many of them being self-portraits, which he included in his book Anathema of Zos, published in 1927. It has been suggested that the postcard inscribed ‘If my wish was your will’ is a magical spell.

We are very grateful to Robert Ansell for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for lots 19-24.