Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022
Lot 25
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £200
+ Buyers Premium
Description
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Amaranth Is Such a Divine Word....
Inscribed "Amaranth is such a divine word..." (lower centre) and further inscribed by a later hand (Violet B-C.) (lower left)
Pencil and watercolour within blue framing lines
26.5 x 20.4cm
Unframed
Provenance:
Siegfried Sassoon;
And by family descent
This work depicts Violet Bonham Carter. The daughter of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, she was a leading figure in Liberal politics, a close friend of Winston Churchill and, after becoming a life peer, was active in the House of Lords. She lived near Siegfried Sassoon and their families often socialised together. Sassoon once wrote that she 'evinces immense enthusiasm for me and my "work"; yet I discover that no copy of any volume of my verse exists in her house
'