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Pavel Tchelitchew(Russian, 1898-1957)Portrait of Peter Watson
7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £120,000 inc. premium
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Portrait of Peter Watson
signed in Latin (lower right)
gouache and sand on card
64.3 x 49.5cm (25 5/16 x 19 1/2in).
signed in Latin (lower right)
gouache and sand on card
64.3 x 49.5cm (25 5/16 x 19 1/2in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
With the Mayor Gallery, Ltd., London
Purchased from the above by the family of the present owner (Private collection, England) on 6th July 1956
Victor William (Peter) Watson (1908–1956) was an English art collector and benefactor. He funded the literary magazine Horizon, and was the principle benefactor of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, on The Mall in London, which he helped to found in 1947.




















