Whistler, Rex - Original artwork
£260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
in the form of a card with picture of man asleep in a hammock and lettering "You may/You may not sleep in the garden... *Arrive at.. P.M., Signed...", 9 x 11.5cm; together with letter detailing provenance from Rex Whistler to Miss Penelope Dudley Ward (later Mrs Carol Reed), thence to Miss MacCann, for many year companion/secretary to Mrs Dudley Ward). Rex Whistler was a frequent visitor to the family home of the Dudley Wards, and this card was drawn by him during that period, as he would stay overnight