Fine & Applied Art Tuesday, 3 December 2019 - 6:00 PM start

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Ivon Hitchens - Conservatory

Realised: $180,000 plus premium

Lot Details

Ivon Hitchens CBE (British 1893-1979) Conservatory oil on canvas signed 'Hitchens' (lower left) inscribed on hand written label affixed to stretcher 'IVON HITCHENS/ Greenleaves, Lavington Common, Petworth, Sussex/ Conservatory'; Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd, The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London paper label affixed to reverse 51 x 83.5cm Provenance originally owned by Amber Blanco White (nee Reeves) (1909-1981) The current owner is Amber Blanco White's and her partner author H G Well's great-grandaughter. The painting hung in Amber's Hamstead Heath House, Downshire Hill. The work has been inherited by descent Exhibited London, The Leicester Galleries, Ivon Hitchens Recent Paintings Exhibition no 1045, June 1954, cat no. 12 purchased by Mrs Blanco White for £105