ID 1308882
Lot 5 | EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899-1991)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix
signed 'AGAR' (lower right), signed again and dated 'AGAR/1947' (on the backboard), inscribed and dated again 'ALL BIRDS PAY HOMAGE/TO THE PHOENIX/1947' (on the artist's label attached to the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 32 ¼ in. (61.6 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist for the present collection in July 1984.
Exhibited
Halmstad, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Eileen Agar : Angel of Anarchy, September 2021 - January 2022, ex. cat. : this exhibition travelled to Leeds, Art Gallery, January - May 2022.
| Artist: | Eileen Agar (1889 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Eileen Agar (1889 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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