William NicholsonMan in a Top Hat
- Drawing
- Drawing on Paper
- 17.00 x 16.5 cms (6.69 x 6.50 ins)
- Ref: 677017
£ 3,500.00
inscribed reverse on letterhead for Sutton Veny, Nicholson's home at the time, in letter to Siegfried Sassoon, 'Oct 16th 1929/My dear S S/The printers are hot foot on the illustrations/I think they look all right so far, but what I/really want to say is ''Thank you'' Oh thank you'' for the Spenser book/it really is the best stuff./ever. I've lent it/to Dick-de-la-Mare who/was wrapped up in it/when last I saw him' (on the reverse)
ink and crayon
with Claire Wawack and Geoffrey Perkins, London.
LITERATURE
Colin Campbell, William Nicholson The Graphic Work, London, 1992, p. 230, no. 193.
