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Lot 105

JOHN (AUGUSTUS)
Autograph letter signed ("Augustus John"), also signed by Ambrose McEvoy, to their fellow artist William Orpen ("Dear Mr Orpen"), a mock-formal request from the Chelsea Art School, "The Chelsea Art School", no date [1903-1907], illustrated with a self-caricature and one of McEvoy

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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JOHN (AUGUSTUS)

Autograph letter signed ("Augustus John"), also signed by Ambrose McEvoy, to their fellow artist William Orpen ("Dear Mr Orpen"), a mock-formal request from the Chelsea Art School: "Your immediate return to London and attendance at the school is earnestly requested by the undersigned", 2 pages, light dust-staining, small crease, 8vo, "The Chelsea Art School", no date [1903-1907]

Footnotes

ILLUSTRATED WITH A SELF-CARICATURE, and one of McEvoy, both men gesticulating and begging "Come back from Erin". The Chelsea Art School had been set up jointly by John and Orpen in the autumn of 1903, and struggled on before finally being sold in the summer of 1907. See illustration overleaf.

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