Classic Design, Including Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock

Classic Design, Including Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock

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Arthur Devis

Portrait of a Young Gentleman

Lot closes

April 14, 02:46 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Starting Bid

15,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

Arthur Devis

Preston 1711/1712 - 1787 Brighton

Portrait of a Young Gentleman


signed and indistinctly dated lower center ADevis fe 17(45)

canvas: 24 ⅛ by 16 ½ in.; 61.3 by 41.9 cm

framed: 29 ½ by 22 ⅛ in.; 74.9 by 56.2 cm

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 March 1989, lot 31;

Where acquired by Lane Fine Arts, London, by 17 May 1989;

Where acquired by the present collector.

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