Live Auction 13296Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
Lot 119

Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)

Fishing boats (recto; verso)

Closed27 June 2017

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GBP 4,375

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Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
Fishing boats (recto; verso)
signed 'Alfred Wallis' (upper right, recto); signed again 'Alfred Wallis' (upper left, verso)
coloured pencil
8¼ x 10¾ in. (21 x 27.3 cm.)

A gift from H.S. (Jim) Ede to Anne Buchanan Crosby in the mid-1950s.

Specialist note

The reverse of the present lot almost certainly shows a brigantine at Mount’s Bay – the tower-like structure with a flag on top towards the left hand corner is recognisable at St Michael’s Mount.