Modern British & 20th Century Art Part I - 11th December 2025

Lot 542

ΦEdward Burra CBE (1905-1976)

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2540

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Description

ΦEdward Burra CBE (1905-1976)
Costume design for Margot Fonteyn as 'La Morte Amoureuse' in Don Juan (recto); Costume design (verso)
Studio stamp (lower right recto and verso), and inscribed Ge***/ Fallon/ Nadia/ Patsy/ Lynne/ Rosemary (lower left verso)
Watercolour and pencil
66.5 x 29.5cm

Provenance:
Lefevre Gallery, London;
Bonhams, London, 20th Century British Art, 24 June 2003, lot 31;
Sotheby's London, Defining Taste: Works Selected by Danny Katz, 12 November 2013, lot 271;
Lots Road Auctions, London, 21 October 2018, lot 463 where purchased by Anthony John Lippitt;
The Collection of the late A J Lippitt (Lots 541-546)