.jpg?w=1)
Composition with Puppet
Details
William Gear, R.A. (1915-1997)
Composition with Puppet
signed, inscribed and dated 'Gear Paris 'AUG '47' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Gear/"COMPOSITION WITH PUPPET"/PARIS AUGUST 1947' (on the reverse)
charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper
24 7/8 x 17 ¾ in. (63.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in August 1947.
Composition with Puppet
signed, inscribed and dated 'Gear Paris 'AUG '47' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Gear/"COMPOSITION WITH PUPPET"/PARIS AUGUST 1947' (on the reverse)
charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper
24 7/8 x 17 ¾ in. (63.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in August 1947.
Provenance
Purchased at the 1988 exhibition by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, William Gear: Cobrastractions 1946-1949, Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, 1988, pp. 11, 44, no. 10, as 'Personnages', illustrated.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie 1900-2000, William Gear: Cobrastractions 1946-1949, February - March 1988, no. 10, as 'Personnages'.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Brought to you by
Albany Bell