Carlyle Brown (1920-1963)
Lot 61

Carlyle Brown (1920-1963)

Death of a Knight; Celadine; Feathers; Fallen Angel; Study of a Rose; and Study of Violets

Closed15 December 2016

Price Realised

GBP 1,375

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Carlyle Brown (1920-1963)
Death of a Knight; Celadine; Feathers; Fallen Angel; Study of a Rose; and Study of Violets
(i),(iv)signed and dated ‘CARLYLE BROWN/‘48’ (lower right);(ii) signed and dated ‘CARLYLE BROWN ‘48’ (lower left);(iv) inscribed and dated ‘West Dean House 8/48 (First Gothic Drawing)';(v) signed and dated ‘CARLYLE BROWN/’49’ (lower right)
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) bodycolour on paper; (v) pen and red ink on paper; (vi) pen and black ink on paper; all unframed
18 x 22 ½ in. (45.7 x 57.1 cm.), and smaller
(7)Sold together with an unframed pencil drawing by John Floyd Morris

Purchased by Edward James directly from the artist in September 1948.

Specialist note

Carlyle Brown painted Death of a Knight, Celadine, Fallen Angel and Feathers while staying at West Dean between February and September 1948.