Made in Britain Day Auction

Made in Britain Day Auction

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Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle

John Craxton, R.A.

Frontispiece for The Punishment of Wizards

Live auction begins on:

June 7, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Bid

5,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle

John Craxton

1922 – 2009

Frontispiece for The Punishment of Wizards


signed Craxton and dated .47 (lower left)

brush and ink on paper, laid down on Japan paper

unframed (sheet): 57 by 45.5cm.; 22½ by 18in.

unframed (backing sheet): 58.5 by 47cm.; 23 by 18 ½ in.

framed: 66 by 53.5cm.; 26 by 21in.

Executed in 1947.

Commissioned from the Artist by Nanos Valaoritis

Bequeathed by the above to Anne Valery, by whom gifted to Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle

John Craxton and Lucian Freud, The London Gallery, London, 1947, illustrated on the back cover

Ian Collins (curator), John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2024, illustrated fig. 10

The present work was the frontispiece for Nanos Valaoritis' The Punishment of Wizards, which was a collection of Greek verse.