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EDWARD BAWDEN, R.A. (BRAINTREE 1903-1989 SAFFRON WALDEN)
They Began Slowly to Travel Along the Coast Between Bombay and Ceylon, an illustration to 'Lady Filmy Fern'
signed 'Edward Bawden' (lower right) signed again, inscribed and numbered 'No. 12 The Sights of India Edward Bawden 15' (under the mount)

ink, watercolour and wax crayon on paper
878 x 1178 in. (22.5 x 30.2 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs Braga, Virginia, USA.
Anonymous sale; Tennants, Harrogate, 6 December 2014, lot 456, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
T. Hennell, Lady Filmy Fern or the Voyage of the Window Box, London, 1980, pl. 5.
Exhibited
London, The Fine Art Society, Lady Filmy Fern, September 1980, catalogue not traced.
London, Martyn Gregory, A Foray into the 20th Century: Works by British Artists, April - May 2015, no. 3.
Special notice
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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