Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022

Lot 2

‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £650

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Description

‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Said Rud, 'You Call Yourself a Führer...'

Inscribed Said Rud, 'you call yourself a Führer;/But in my proud opinion you've a/(To quote my friend Field-Marshal Foch)/Repulsive bloody little Boche.' (lower centre)

Pencil and watercolour

15.9 x 13.4cm

Unframed

Provenance:

Siegfried Sassoon;

And by family descent

This work depicts Rudyard Kipling and Adolf Hitler.