Catherine White
Head of Sale
Lot 47AR
Beryl Cook O.B.E.
(British, 1926-2008)
Birthday Surprises
22 March 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £16,575 inc. premium
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Mary Gatenby
Cataloguer
Beryl Cook O.B.E. (British, 1926-2008)
Birthday Surprises
signed 'B. Cook' (lower left)
oil on board
41 x 36cm (16 1/8 x 14 3/16in).
signed 'B. Cook' (lower left)
oil on board
41 x 36cm (16 1/8 x 14 3/16in).
Footnotes
Provenance
With Portal Gallery, London (as Granny Takes the Train), where acquired by the family of the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Literature
B. Cook and J. Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p. 290, illustrated
'Grandma's railcard has certainly enabled her to give a very big surprise indeed to the happy family. I really enjoyed doing this painting for British Rail, since I have one of these cards myself, and the suggestion that she should emerge from the cake appealed to me enormously.' (Beryl Cook in B. Cook and J. Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p. 290).