Austin Osman Spare

Faunesque
Dated 1947 and has an exhibition number, Number 20, which was given to it when it was shown at the 1949 Temple Bar exhibition the catalogue of which carried an appreciation by Kenneth Grant. It is pencil and watercolour and is 14.5ins x 8.5ins. Classic Spare having a satyrised sidereal portrait wwithn haunting masks manifesting from energy swirls in the background. It was reframed some years ago but the original back board has been retained carrying date, Spare's signature, the title plus the exhibition number. £2250 SOLD