Modern British & 20th Century Art - 4th June 2025

Lot 485

Derwent Lees (Australian 1884-1931)

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

Derwent Lees (Australian 1884-1931)
Portrait of Lady Louisa Kendall-Butler of Lower Bourton, Shrivenham, seated in an interior
Signed LEES (lower left)
Oil on canvas, c.1916
92 x 71.4cm

Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1 March 1989, lot 93;
Christie's, London, Modern British & Continental Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, and Sculpture, 7 March 1997, lot 116

Literature:
To be included in Lynn Davies' forthcoming catalogue raisonné for Derwent Lees' work