DERWENT LEES (AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH 1884–1931)
YOUTH AND OLD AGE
£1,386
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
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 also confirmed that he will be including this work in his forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Derwent Lees’ work, due to be published this year.