Description:
Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970)
On The Olympic
Signed "Laura Knight" l.r., titled and dated "...1922" l.l., with labels from John Mitchell Fine Paintings, London, and Abbott and Holder Ltd., London, affixed to the frame backing.
Charcoal on paper, sight size 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Tear c.l., scattered creases, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: The collection of Frederic and Jean Sharf, Massachusetts and Florida.
N.B. The Olympic was a White Star steamship that sailed from Southampton to New York. Laura Knight boarded the ship as a first-class passenger on March 22, 1922.
Estimate $800-1,200
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