Oil paintings, watercolours, prints, miniatures & sculpture - 24th September 2014

Lot 277

‡Rex John Whistler (1905-1944) A curtain design for 'The General's Dilemma'

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1300

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Description

‡Rex John Whistler (1905-1944)

A curtain design for 'The General's Dilemma', Cochran's Revue at the London Pavilion, March 1931.

Titled General's Dilemma and inscribed Swiss Army, also inscribed by Laurence Whistler verso

Pen, ink and watercolour, unframed

28 x 43cm; 11 x 17in

Provenance:

Finan & Co. 12th June, 2004, Lot 54 - copy of the catalogue included

Laurence Whistler & Ronald Fuller, The Work of Rex Whistler [Batsford, 1960], No. 396 (2) where Laurence Whistler is shown as the owner of this drawing