SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)

Lot 120
17.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 44 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1308410
Lot 120 | SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
The Bird
signed and dated 'C. MORRIS/.24' (lower right)
oil on board
21 ½ x 18 in. (54.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1924.
There is a landscape composition by the same artist on the reverse.




Provenance

The artist, by whom lent to the 1968 exhibition.
Mrs Joan O'Malley, by 1984.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1997, lot 81, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

The Little Review, Vol. II, Spring 1925, n.p., illustrated.



Exhibited

Benton End, The IXION Society, catalogue not traced.
Cardiff, Welsh Arts Council, National Museum of Wales, Cedric Morris: Retrospective Exhibition, June - July 1968, no. 106: this exhibition travelled to Merthyr Tydfil, Cyfartha Castle Gallery, August 1968; Wrexham, Public Library, August - September 1968; Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, October - November 1968; and Colchester, The Minories, November - December 1968.
London, Tate Gallery, Cedric Morris, March - May 1984, pp. 100-101, no. 22, illustrated.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
17.10.2024 – 17.10.2024
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

More from Creator

SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
£70 000
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
£40 000
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
£80 000
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
£25 000
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
SIR CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982)
£100

Related terms