ID 1349639
Lot 167 | ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Racing the Cabs
signed with initials 'EHS.' (lower right), inscribed '"Racing the Cabs"' (lower centre) and further inscribed and numbered '2 / Drawing / No III [partly erased] / (Drawn from Memory)' (lower left, overmounted) and further signed and inscribed 'Return to / E.H.Shepard / Woodmancote / Lodsworth / Sussex' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and black crayon on artist's board
7 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (19 x 25.1 cm.)
Provenance
with Wakefield - Young Books, New York, December 1969, where purchased by Olivia Carpenter Coan (1897-1993), Minnesota, and then by descent in the family.
| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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