Edward Burra

1905-1976

Idea for a Tailpiece with a Figure by a Tomb

Ref: 1631

Signed l.r.: Edward Burra

Pen and black ink, 18.5 by 18 cm

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 6 December 2001, lot 139

 

It has been suggested that the present work relates to an edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn that Burra illustrated in 1948.

 

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