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Lot 355

NICHOLS, ROBERT (1893-1944)

8 May 2013, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£400 - £500

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NICHOLS, ROBERT (1893-1944)

PORTRAIT BY ELLIOTT & FRY, vintage photograph, silver print, head and shoulders in profile facing right, holding a book and a cigarette, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY NICHOLS ‘To Virginia from her friend Robert Nichols 1930’ with a quotation in his hand from Goethe ‘Good bread needs baking’, stamped signature of Elliott and Fry below the image and their label on the verso, framed and glazed, size of image 8 x 6 inches (19 x 15 cm), overall size 13 x 11 inches (33 x 29 cm), 1930

No example of this image is in the National Portrait Gallery.

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