Material concerning Art Sales in America and London, and also concerning portraits by Batoni

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/1011
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1928
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 cuttings; 1 letter

Scope and Content

Includes:

-cutting from The Art News, Saturday 12 May 1928, concerning American Art Sales between October and February [1928?]

-cutting with the date 3.3.28 annotated in pencil concerning art prices in London including a painting by David Martin which sold for 420 guineas. The cutting is possibly also from The Art News

-letter from Ed. Russell Morris, dated 10 October 1928, concerning the dating of portraits by Batoni including a portrait of Edward Dering sold in the Dering Sale

These items are bound in volume S138 between S4735 and S4736

3 items bound into: Picture sales 1928 : May - June : E K W. (1928) [Auction catalogue]

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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