Live Auction 13731Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector
Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (Tenby 1878-1961 Fordingbridge)
Lot 196

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (Tenby 1878-1961 Fordingbridge)

The Valley of Time

Closed27 September 2016

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GBP 3,500

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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (Tenby 1878-1961 Fordingbridge)
The Valley of Time
oil on canvas
12 x 15¼ in. (30.5 x 38.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1904.

with Arthur Tooth and Sons, London.
Sir Cyril Butler.
Peter Harris; Christie's, London, 17 June 1977, lot 28, where purchased by Brian Sewell.

Specialist note

An etching of the present work, dated 27 May 1906, no. 115 is in C. Dodgson, A catalogue of etchings by Augustus John, 1920. Studies for the works are also illustrated in A.D. Fraser Jenkins, exhibition catalogue, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions, Centenary Exhibition, 1978, nos. 29-34.