11th Jun, 2025 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture
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MORTIMER MENPES (AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH 1855-1938)
STUDY OF A GIRL, PROBABLY THE ACTRESS PHYLLIS DARE
signed Mortimer Menpes lower right
watercolour on board
31 x 40cm; 12 1/4 x 15 3/4in
48 x 57cm; 19 x 22 1/2in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Hampstead
Menpes had two daughters, Rose Maud and Dorothy Whistler. Dorothy collaborated with Menpes on the texts for at least seven of the series of travel books her father illustrated, published by A & C Black between 1900 and 1912, including Japan (lots 6-11)Venice (lot 13), Brittany, Paris, The Durbar, War Impressions and World's Children. Dorothy's middle name, Whistler, was named after the artist James McNeill Whistler who was her godfather.
Sold for £700
STUDY OF A GIRL, PROBABLY THE ACTRESS PHYLLIS DARE
signed Mortimer Menpes lower right
watercolour on board
31 x 40cm; 12 1/4 x 15 3/4in
48 x 57cm; 19 x 22 1/2in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Hampstead
Menpes had two daughters, Rose Maud and Dorothy Whistler. Dorothy collaborated with Menpes on the texts for at least seven of the series of travel books her father illustrated, published by A & C Black between 1900 and 1912, including Japan (lots 6-11)Venice (lot 13), Brittany, Paris, The Durbar, War Impressions and World's Children. Dorothy's middle name, Whistler, was named after the artist James McNeill Whistler who was her godfather.
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture, 11th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 8th June:12pm to 4pm
Monday 9th June: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday 10th June: 10am to 5pm
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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 8th June:12pm to 4pm
Monday 9th June: 10am to 8pm
Tuesday 10th June: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 11th June 2025, 12pm, precisely
