22nd Sep, 2020 12:00

British & Continental Pictures and Prints

 
Lot 145
 

145

• ☐ HAL WOOLF

• □ HAL WOOLF, N.S. (1902-1962) FIESTA (1936)

signed l.l. oil on card 35.0 x 46.0 cm / 13 3/4 x 18 in

Provenance: Major Norman Kark Hal Woolf studied at the Chelsea Polytechnic under Bernard Adams between 1920-1922 and later in Paris, at La Grand Chaumiere. His death in mysterious circumstances caught the imagination of the public and provoked a parliamentary investigation into the Metropolitan Police, who were blamed for it. Major Norman Kark was a South-African publishing magnate, who served in the Canada Corps in WWII. He was the father of Austen Kark, C.B.E., the Managing Director of the BBC.

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• □ HAL WOOLF, N.S. (1902-1962) FIESTA (1936)

signed l.l. oil on card 35.0 x 46.0 cm / 13 3/4 x 18 in

Provenance: Major Norman Kark Hal Woolf studied at the Chelsea Polytechnic under Bernard Adams between 1920-1922 and later in Paris, at La Grand Chaumiere. His death in mysterious circumstances caught the imagination of the public and provoked a parliamentary investigation into the Metropolitan Police, who were blamed for it. Major Norman Kark was a South-African publishing magnate, who served in the Canada Corps in WWII. He was the father of Austen Kark, C.B.E., the Managing Director of the BBC.