Edward Burra
Portrait of William Chappell, 1928
Oil on canvas
24 x 14 7/8 in. (61 x 38 cm)
Signed 'Burra' lower right
Copyright The Artist
Provenance
The Artist;William Chappell, gifted from the above and thence by descent;
Sotheby's, London, 15 July 2008, lot 56;
Private collection, U.K., acquired from the above;
Bonhams, London, 18 June 2025, lot 8;
Philip Mould and Company, London, acquired from the above.
Exhibitions
Hayward Gallery, London, 'Edward Burra', 1 August – 29 September 1985, no. 16 [exhibition travelled to Southampton Art Gallery, 19 October – 24 November 1985, Leeds City Art Gallery, 4 December 1985 – 12 January 1986, Norwich Castle Museum, 22 January – 23 February 1986];Lefevre Fine Art, London, 'Edward Burra 1905-1976', May – June 2005, no. 1;
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 'Edward Burra', 22 October 2011 – 19 February 2012, no. 89 [exhibition travelled to Nottingham, Djanogly Gallery, 3 March – 27 May 2012];
Philip Mould Gallery, London, ‘‘Pose’: Artists & Models’, March 2026.
Literature
Andrew Causey, (1985) Edward Burra: Complete Catalogue. Oxford: Phaidon Press, no. 37;Lynne Green (ed.), (1985) Edward Burra. Hayward Gallery in association with Arts Council of Great Britain, p. 18, pl. 2;
Jane Stevenson, (2007) Edward Burra: Twentieth Century Eye. London: Jonathan Cape, pp.171-172;
Simon Martin, (2011) Edward Burra. London: Lund Humphries, pp.26-27.
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