Live Auction 12226Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)
Lot 169

Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)

Portrait of Lady Benthall

Closed24 November 2016

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GBP 37,500

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Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)
Portrait of Lady Benthall
signed with initials 'GP' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35¾ x 30¼ in. (91 x 77 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 June 1996, lot 80, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Another portrait of Lady Benthall, painted in 1935, hangs in Benthall Hall, Shropshire (National Trust). It shows the sitter in a striking blue dress and was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937 Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, November 1984 - February 1985, no. 61.