Grace English
Flower Piece
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 61
Grace English
Flower Piece
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About this Item
signed; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and provenance on a label adhered to the reverse
Exhibited
New English Art Club, 1939.
National Society, 1940.
Society of Women Artists, 1953.
Notes
Grace Geraldine English, born in London in 1891, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1912 to 1914, where she was awarded a painting prize. Following the First World War, she continued her studies at the Royal College of Art, where she specialised in etching.
English exhibited regularly in London, including at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. She is best known for her depictions of female nudes, portraits, flowers and dancers.
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