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

Lot 546

ΦEdward Burra CBE (1905-1976)

Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £14605

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Description

ΦEdward Burra CBE (1905-1976)
The Loaf
Stamped with signature E J Burra (lower centre)
Watercolour and gouache, 1964-5
57 x 78.5cm

Provenance:
The Lefevre Gallery, London, 1965, no.74;
Gerald C. Corcoran;
By whom gifted to a Private Collection, London;
Sotheby's, London, Modern and Post War British Art, July 12th 2013, lot 171;
Martin Summers Fine Art Ltd, London, where purchased by Anthony John Lippitt;
The Collection of the late A J Lippitt (Lots 541-546)

Exhibited:
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Watercolours by Edward Burra, May 6-29th 1965, cat.74;
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, Edward Burra, August-September 1985, no.119

Literature:
W. Chappell (ed.), Edward Burra: A Painter Remembered by his Friends (London, 1982), p.34 (illustrated);
Andrew Causey, Edward Burra - Complete Catalogue (Oxford, 1985), cat. 307 (illustrated)