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Lot 331

*AUGUSTUS EDWIN JOHN (1878-1961) 'Two Irish Girls'

c. 1908-10, signed, pencil and tempera on canvas, 39.5cm x 31.75cm

Provenance: The Collection of Sir Cyril Kendall Butler
Acquired from J. Leger and Son, 27th September 1939 by Kerrison Preston, Esq. for £120 (with accompanying correspondence between Preston and J. Leger and Son, some of which is from Lilian Browse)
and thence by descent.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
Hammer price: £25,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Later signed by the artist as noted in the accompanying correspondence. Original French canvas, craquelure in places, a little dirty but no obvious signs of damage or restoration. Nailed through the stretcher into the frame through the folded over sides of canvas

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