Lot 155: JOHN CECIL STEPHENSON (1889-1965) - Clarabella

JOHN CECIL STEPHENSON (1889-1965)
Clarabella
signed 'CECIL STEPHENSON' (on the reverse), signed again and inscribed
'CECIL STEPHENSON 6 MALL STUDIOS/HAMPSTEAD NW3' (on the
stretcher)
tempera on canvas laid on board
32 x 24 in. (81.3 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1950.


PROVENANCE:
The artist, and by descent.
Their sale; Phillips, London, 17 November 1998, lot 83.
Peter Nahum.
with Galeria Milano, Milan.
His sale; Christie's, London, 15 November 2006, lot 290.
Purchased by the present owner at the 2007 exhibition.
EXHIBITED:
London, Fischer Fine Art, Cecil Stephenson 1889-1965, October - November
1976, no. 16, as 'Painting'.
London, Fine Art Society, John Cecil Stephenson, October - November 2007,
no. 14.
LITERATURE:
S. Guthrie, The Life and Art of John Cecil Stephenson, Grange-over-Sands,
1997, p. 106.
Exhibition catalogue, John Cecil Stephenson, London, Fine Art Society, 2007,
n.p., no. 14, illustrated.