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Marie Vorobieff Marevna, Russian 1892-1984
Portrait of a woman, 1973;
charcoal, pencil, green, blue and black ink, signed and dated in green pen over traces of pencil, inscribed faintly ‘David Bomberg’ in charcoal, 42 x 29.5cm: together with a similar depiction of a woman’s head by the same artist, pen and pencil on paper, 41.6 x 21.6cm (2) (unframed)
Note: Bomberg and Marevna briefly exchanged correspondence, both had a lot in common being artists of Eastern European Jewish heritage.
£100 - 150*
286 Francis Newton Souza, Indian 1924-2002
Portrait of a woman, 1966;
ink drawing on the reverse page of ‘Inner Circle,’ written by Jerzy Peterkiewicz, illustrated by Souza, published by Macmillen 1966, signed and dated in ink, with a further inscription to Marika by Souza in the cover page, 20.5 x 13cm (book)
Note: Like Marevna, Souza moved to England around the 1950s, Souza also shared a close friendship with Marika.
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Marie Vorobieff Marevna, Russian 1892-1984
Tomio Giao, Paris, 1953; pencil, inscribed in pencil, 24 x 31cm (unframed) £80 - 120*
288 Lorenzo Maria Bottari, Italian b.1949
Heart;
mixed media with gold paint on the reverse of two sheets of headed paper, inscribed and signed, and a letter from the artist to Marevna on the reverse, signed and date 92 in black ink, 42 x 29.5cm: Andre Verdet, French 1913 2014- Cosmic deisgn; offset lithograph in colours, signed and dated within the plate, dedicated, inscribed and signed pencil, 16.3 x 21.3cm: Renée Camou, French, late 20th century, ‘Ordalies,’ a collection of Poems, signed, dated 1961 in blue pen in the frontispiece, 19 x 14cm (3) (unframed, two bound books) (ARR)
Note: Both Marevna and Marika received numerous gifts from artists, writers and poets, this lot is some of those gifts.
£80 - 120*
* plus Buyer’s Premium 25% + VAT (30% inclusive of VAT) ARR - indicates an additional charge may apply, see information on page 2.
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