Sell Through Rate: 100%
Artwork:
Henry Tonks - Illustration For The Lovers Of Orelay By George Moore
Size:
25.5 x 39.5 cm
Medium:
Pencil and chalk on card
Marks:
Signed with initials and dedicated
Category:
Drawings
Artwork details :
Mary Hutchinson posed for Henry Tonks's comic, Boucher-esque illustrations of 'The Lovers of Orelay', a somewhat scandalous episode in the autobiography, Memoirs of My Dead Life, first published in 1906, by his good friend, the Irish author George Moore None
Provenance:
Gifted by the Artist to Mary Hutchinson, and thence by descent to the late owner
Sotheby's London
Date:
2018-09-18
Event:
Made in Britain
Lot Number:
81
Low Estimate:
$515
[+275%]
High Estimate:
$773
[+150%]
Hammer Price:
$1933
Sold For:
$2416