ROY DE MAISTRE C.B.E. (AUSTRALIAN/BRITISH 1894-1968) §
JACOB AND THE ANGEL
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: Day Sale (Lots 52 to 481) - 26 April at 10am
Description
crayon and pencil on paper, laid on board
Dimensions
91cm x 142cm (35 7/8in x 56in), together with five further sketches, pen, ink and watercolour on postcards, each 11.3cm x 17.6cm (4 3/8in x 6 7/8in) (6)
Provenance
Celia Broadbent (neé Keogh) and by direct descent to the present owner.
Footnote
Celia Broadbent was de Maistre’s cousin once removed, and his executor and friend; her older sister, Camilla Margery Keogh, was the subject of ‘La Folie', considered one of de Maistre’s major works.