Live Auction 13297Modern British & Irish Art
Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
Lot 11

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)

H.V. Morton

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 11,875

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Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
H.V. Morton
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'HVM by/38 AOS' (lower left); signed again with initials and inscribed again 'H.V.Morton/by/AOS' (on the backboard)
pencil and pastel
10¼ x 8¼ in. (26 x 21 cm.)

Specialist note

Henry Canova Vollam Morton (1892-1979) was a pioneering travel writer and journalist, known for his popular books on London, Great Britain and the Holy Land. He first achieved fame in 1923 when, while working for the Daily Express, he reported on the opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter in Egypt, out-manoeuvering the official Times journalist who had been given exclusive rights to the story.