ID 1349788
Lot 166 | ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Christopher Robin Skipping: two studies for 'Hoppity' in 'When We Were Very Young'
signed twice with initials 'EHS.' (lower left and lower right), inscribed 'Hoppity' (lower centre, overmounted) and further inscribed 'When we were very young' (lower left, overmounted), and further signed and inscribed 'Please return to / E. H. Shepard / Shawley Green [crossed out] / Guilford [crossed out] / WOODMANCOTE / LODSWORTH / SUSSEX' and stamped 'Original to be returned' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink, with white paint, on a prepared board
9 ¼ x 11 ¼ in. (23.2 x 28.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Walker's Galleries, London, August 1956, where purchased by Olivia Carpenter Coan (1897-1993), Minnesota, and 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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