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Lot 97AR

Sir William Russell Flint, RA, PRWS
(British, 1880-1969)
Carmela

28 September 2016, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Sir William Russell Flint, RA, PRWS (British, 1880-1969)

Carmela
signed 'W.RUSSELL FLINT-' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
37 x 28cm (14 9/16 x 11in).

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Provenance
Ex collection of William Powell
Sale, Bonhams London, Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.: Watercolours, Drawings, Prints and Books, 20 October 1988, lot 131
Private collection, UK

The present lot was formerly in the collection of William Powell (1892-1984), an actor who made over 90 films; Powell was friends with Flint, and acquired the work during the 1930s, when the actor was at the peak of his career, having signed with MGM in 1934.

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