Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
Lot 80AR
David Jagger R.O.I.
(British, 1891-1958)
The Young Golfer (Portrait of Ms. Joyce Rigby) 63.5 x 76.8 cm. (25 x 30 1/4 in.)
23 November 2016, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £137,000 inc. premium
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David Jagger R.O.I. (British, 1891-1958)
The Young Golfer (Portrait of Ms. Joyce Rigby)
signed 'Jagger' (lower left) and dated '1939' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.8 cm. (25 x 30 1/4 in.)
signed 'Jagger' (lower left) and dated '1939' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.8 cm. (25 x 30 1/4 in.)
Footnotes
Provenance
Commissioned by the sitter, thence by family descent to the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, The Art of the Jagger Family, 8 June-6 July 1940, cat.no.37
Sunderland, Public Art Gallery, The Art of the Jagger Family, 24 April-26 May 1940, cat.no.22
Ms. Joyce Rigby (1913-1979), a keen golfer played to Dorset county standard with a handicap of 5.
We are grateful to Dr. John Basford for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.