
Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
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Provenance
With Victor Waddington, London
With Mr & Mrs. Harry Abrahams
With Waddington Galleries, London
Yonty Solomon, by whom bequeathed to the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
We are grateful to John Gledhill for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Jonathan "Yonty" Solomon (1937–2008) was a noted concert pianist who played as a soloist with many of the world's most important symphony orchestras. He was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Music, professor at Trinity College of Music and undertook several advisory roles for film including coaching Hugh Grant for his role as Chopin in Impromptu (1991). He assembled a significant collection of modern art, including lots 27, 33, 54, 59, 72 & 74.