Agnes Tatham

Lot 61: AGNES CLARA TATHAM, B.1893

Name: AGNES CLARA TATHAM, B.1893
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: bak04vm14m

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomSeptember 15, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed

oil on canvas

Dimensions

51x31.5cm.; 20x12 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Agnes Tatham

Provenance

London, Sotheby's, 22 December 1983, lot 13
Iain Cameron Williams, Esq.

Notes

A larger version of the present work was sold in these rooms, 26 November 2003, lot 35.
The Greek inscription on the plinth can be translated as To the Unknown God and alludes to Apostles, chapter 17, verses 22-3:
'Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you'.

Auction Details

20th Century British and Irish Art

Sotheby's

September 15, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

Hammersmith Road, London, LDN, W14 8UX, UK

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