Details
DESMOND MORRIS (B.1928)
Comparative Anatomy
signed twice with monogram and dated '48' (lower right)
printer's ink, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper
8 x 13 in. (20.2 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1948.
Provenance
The Poetry of Crisis: The Peter Nahum Collection; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 November 2006, lot 57, where purchased by the present owner.Literature
S. Levy, Desmond Morris 50 Years of Surrealism, London, 1997, pp. 49, 208, no. 37, illustrated.
S. Levy, Desmond Morris Naked Surrealism, Ghent, 1999, pp. 49, 224, no. 37, illustrated.
S. Levy, Desmond Morris Analytical Catalogue Raisonné 1944-2000, Antwerp, 2001, p. 130, no. 94, illustrated.Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Desmond Morris Works on Paper 1947-1988, November - December 1989, exhibition not numbered.
Stoke on Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, Desmond Morris 50 years of Surrealism, June - July 1996, no. 86, ex. cat.: this exhibition travelled to Nottingham, Woolerton Hall, September - November 1996.Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Details
DESMOND MORRIS (B.1928)
Comparative Anatomy
signed twice with monogram and dated '48' (lower right)
printer's ink, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper
8 x 13 in. (20.2 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1948.
Provenance
The Poetry of Crisis: The Peter Nahum Collection; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 November 2006, lot 57, where purchased by the present owner.Literature
S. Levy, Desmond Morris 50 Years of Surrealism, London, 1997, pp. 49, 208, no. 37, illustrated.
S. Levy, Desmond Morris Naked Surrealism, Ghent, 1999, pp. 49, 224, no. 37, illustrated.
S. Levy, Desmond Morris Analytical Catalogue Raisonné 1944-2000, Antwerp, 2001, p. 130, no. 94, illustrated.Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Desmond Morris Works on Paper 1947-1988, November - December 1989, exhibition not numbered.
Stoke on Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, Desmond Morris 50 years of Surrealism, June - July 1996, no. 86, ex. cat.: this exhibition travelled to Nottingham, Woolerton Hall, September - November 1996.Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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