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Sir Kyffin Williams R.A. (British, 1918-2006) Milein Cosman 76 x 61 cm. (29 7/8 x 24 in.) (Painted in 1961) image 1
Sir Kyffin Williams R.A. (British, 1918-2006) Milein Cosman 76 x 61 cm. (29 7/8 x 24 in.) (Painted in 1961) image 2
Sir Kyffin Williams R.A. (British, 1918-2006) Milein Cosman 76 x 61 cm. (29 7/8 x 24 in.) (Painted in 1961) image 3
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Sir Kyffin Williams R.A.
(British, 1918-2006)
Milein Cosman 76 x 61 cm. (29 7/8 x 24 in.)

21 June 2023, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £19,200 inc. premium

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Sir Kyffin Williams R.A. (British, 1918-2006)

Milein Cosman
oil on canvas
signed with initials 'KW' (upper left)
76 x 61 cm. (29 7/8 x 24 in.)
Painted in 1961

Footnotes

Provenance
With The Royal Academy of Arts, London, where acquired by the family of the previous owner, 1968
Their sale; Bonhams, London, 20 November 2013, lot 32

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 4 May-4 August 1968, cat.no.940
Anglesey, Oriel Ynys Mon, Kyffin Williams: Portraits, 3 April-30 May 1993, cat.no.11
London, Highgate School, Kyffin 100: Paper to Palette Knife, 14 September-7 October 2018
Anglesey, Oriel Ynys Mon, Kyffin Williams - the London Years, 15 July 2022-29 January 2023

Literature
Nicholas Sinclair, Kyffin Williams, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2004, p.81, pl.64 (ill. as Milein Cosman-Keller)
Ines Schlenker, Milein Cosman: Capturing Time, Prestel, Munich, 2019, p.34, pl.28 (ill.)
Qing Chao Ma, Kyffin Williams, Graffeg, Llanelli, 2021, p.52 pl.24 (ill.)

Milein Cosman was a German born artist whose practice was dominated by studies of musicians. She studied at the Slade (1939-42) alongside Williams and sat for at least two known paintings by him.

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