30th Jan, 2026 10:30
Modern Art
542
*AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) 'The Boys'
depicting three of the artist's sons, Caspar, Pyramus and Romily, in a woodland landscape, signed lower left, oil on board, 30cm x 40.5cm Provenance: Purchased from The Mayor Gallery, 14 Brook Street, London, 1950, for £280 by Kerrison Preston Esq. Exhibited: ‘Works by Augustus John’, The Diploma Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, 1954, no. 514.
Sold for £9,500
depicting three of the artist's sons, Caspar, Pyramus and Romily, in a woodland landscape, signed lower left, oil on board, 30cm x 40.5cm Provenance: Purchased from The Mayor Gallery, 14 Brook Street, London, 1950, for £280 by Kerrison Preston Esq. Exhibited: ‘Works by Augustus John’, The Diploma Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, 1954, no. 514.
Auction: Modern Art, 30th Jan, 2026
Including property from the following collections:
The Graham Snow Collection. | A private West Country Collection.
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