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SPARK, MURIEL (1918-2006)

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

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SPARK, MURIEL (1918-2006)

PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON (b. 1921), vintage photograph, silver print, three-quarter length, in profile facing right, at the market purchasing grapes from a shopkeeper, signed by Mark Gerson on the mount and inscribed 'London', his stamp on the verso, framed and glazed, size of image 15 x 11 ½ inches (38 x 28 cm), overall size 22 x 17 inches (56 x 44 cm), [Rome, 1963]

An example of this image is in the National Portrait Gallery.

PROVENANCE: Mark Gerson.

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