BILLY CHILDISH (B. 1959) Fallada's Escape (Blue)
signed with the artist's monogram (lower right)
oil and charcoal on linen
72 1⁄8 x 96 1⁄8in. (183.2 x 244cm.)
Executed in 2010
BILLY CHILDISH (B. 1959) Fallada's Escape (Blue)
signed with the artist's monogram (lower right)
oil and charcoal on linen
72 1⁄8 x 96 1⁄8in. (183.2 x 244cm.)
Executed in 2010
neugerriemschneider, Berlin. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.
Berlin, neugerriemschneider, Billy Childish "The soft ashes of Berlin snowing on Hans Fallada's nose", 2010, p. 72 (illustrated in colour, p. 73).
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