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SITWELL, EDITH (1887-1964)

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

£600 - £800

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SITWELL, EDITH (1887-1964)

PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON (b. 1921), vintage photograph, silver print, head and shoulders, profile facing left, signed by Mark Gerson on the mount and inscribed 'London', photographer's stamp on the verso, framed and glazed, size of image 9 ½ x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm), overall size 15 ½ x 13 inches (40 x 32 cm), undated [but May 1962]

An example of this image is in the National Portrait Gallery; it was illustrated in the catalogue for the exhibition of Mark Gerson's photographs at the Portrait Gallery in 1996 called Literati. Mark Gerson took the photographs in this and the previous lot for an article that Edith Sitwell had written for Books and Bookmen.

PROVENANCE: Mark Gerson.

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