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Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931)
Estimate:
€4,000 - €6,000
Sold
€3,800
Timed Auction
Online Summer Art Sale
ARTIST
Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931)
Size
10.50 by 8in. (26.7 by 20.3cm)
Description
Title: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD, 1922
Frame size: 18.5 by 15in. (47 by 38cm.)
Frame size: 18.5 by 15in. (47 by 38cm.)
Condition
Work is on Goodall's Bristol Board; light overall paper discoloration with more notable discoloration in margins; one pinhole at each centre extreme edge; small abrasion in upper left of image - not affecting figures and only visible in raking light. Very good.
Medium
pen and ink on Bristol board
Signature
signed lower right; signed, dated, titled and inscribed ["I will have it so," replied the queen, "and will eat her with sauce Robert"] on reverse
Provenance
Private collection, USA;Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Auction 5390, Lot: 71113, April 23, 2019;Private collection
Literature
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Illustrated by Harry Clarke, with an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin, George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1922, p. 59
