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Lot 39 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE MR AND MRS WADE
Maurice Wade (1917-1991) was an artist of repute, exhibiting at the Tib Lane Gallery in Manchester during the late 1960s and 1970s, and having considerable success with the Thackeray Gallery in Kensington, including three sell-out exhibitions in the early seventies. However, according to his wife Margaret, his popularity waned and he died a relatively unknown artist in 1991. It was only in 2009 when the Philips Art Gallery, Altrincham, presented an exhibition of his paintings, that a reappraisal of his work began. Coincidentally, the exhibition was held in the old Tib Lane premises, two years after the proprietor, Mrs Green had closed her gallery after more than four decades.
Christie’s are delighted to be offering ten works from Maurice Wade’s personal collection across our April and November auctions in 2019. A man of modest means, Wade’s purchases were infrequent – the result of his trips to the Tib Lane Gallery between 1972-1988 – but well-judged, and his collection is testament to his keen eye for Modern British paintings and drawings.
Maurice Wade (1917-1991) was an artist of repute, exhibiting at the Tib Lane Gallery in Manchester during the late 1960s and 1970s, and having considerable success with the Thackeray Gallery in Kensington, including three sell-out exhibitions in the early seventies. However, according to his wife Margaret, his popularity waned and he died a relatively unknown artist in 1991. It was only in 2009 when the Philips Art Gallery, Altrincham, presented an exhibition of his paintings, that a reappraisal of his work began. Coincidentally, the exhibition was held in the old Tib Lane premises, two years after the proprietor, Mrs Green had closed her gallery after more than four decades.
Christie’s are delighted to be offering ten works from Maurice Wade’s personal collection across our April and November auctions in 2019. A man of modest means, Wade’s purchases were infrequent – the result of his trips to the Tib Lane Gallery between 1972-1988 – but well-judged, and his collection is testament to his keen eye for Modern British paintings and drawings.
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
Woman Reading
Closed9 April 2019
Price Realised
GBP 16,250
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Specialist note
This mesmerising portrait of the artist's wife, Froanna, with its angular and facetted construction stems from Wyndham Lewis' allegiance to Cubism and Vorticism (of which he was a founder).