Made in Britain Day Auction
Made in Britain Day Auction
Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle
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.
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