Lot 221
DERWENT LEES (AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH 1884–1931)
YOUTH AND OLD AGE
Auction: 15 January 2025 from 10:00 GMT
£1,386
Description
signed, also signed and titled verso, watercolour and pencil on paper
Dimensions
29.2cm x 25.4cm (11 ½in x 10in)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 29 July 1988, lot 190;
Sandra Lummis Fine Art, London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly.
Footnote
Exhibited
First exhibited by Lees at Vanessa Bell's Friday Club in London in 1911.
We are grateful to Peter Davies of the University of Tasmania, Australia for this information – Professor Davies has confirmed that the work is included in the catalogue raisonné of Derwent Lees' work by Lynn Davies, published by Lund Humphries in 2025.