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Lot 150
Ambrose McEvoy
(British, 1878-1927)
Zita executed in 1923
Zita James, was the elder of the two Jungman sisters, famous in society as "Bright Young People" in the 1920s.
4 June 2013, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,625 inc. premium

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Ambrose McEvoy (British, 1878-1927)

Zita
executed in 1923
Zita James, was the elder of the two Jungman sisters, famous in society as "Bright Young People" in the 1920s.
signed watercolour, pencil, pen & ink
51 x 34.5cm (20 1/16 x 13 9/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Leicester Galleries, London, 1923, where purchased by E.A.Poulter Esq;
Paul Oppenheimer Esq;
Mrs. Arthur James;
I.R.D. Byfield Esq, and thence by descent

EXHIBITED:
London, Leicester Galleries, The Work of Ambrose McEvoy, April 1923, no.59

LITERATURE:
"Wigs", The Work of Ambrose McEvoy, Morland Press Ltd, London, 1923, no.12, p.57, illustrated (to be sold together with this lot)

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