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Lot 165 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SAMUEL AND PATRICIA CARR
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
Victor Pasmore, R.A. (1908-1998)
The Thames at Hammersmith
Closed27 June 2017
Price Realised
GBP 27,500
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Specialist note
Although titled The Thames at Hammersmith in the 1948 exhibition the present work closely resembles the view of the Thames at Chiswick as depicted in The Quiet River: The Thames at Chiswick, 1943-44, which is in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.