ID 829491
Lot 137 | PHILIP WILSON STEER, O.M. (BRITISH, 1860-1942)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
Portrait of Sibyl, Lady Eden (1867-1945), née Grey, bust-length
oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (51.2 x 45.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Philip Wilson Steer at his death.
Acquired privately from the Steer Executors by the sitter’s son, R. Anthony Eden, Lord Avon.
Literature
D. Sutton, 'A Statesman's Collection', Apollo, no. 88, June 1969, p. 461, illustrated p. 460.
D.S. MacColl, Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer, London, 1945, p. 197.
B. Laughton, Phillip Wilson Steer 1860-1942, Oxford, 1971, p. 137, no. 182.
Exhibited
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Lord Avon, 11 January–20 March 1966, no. 20.
| Artist: | Philip Wilson Steer (1860 - 1942) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Philip Wilson Steer (1860 - 1942) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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