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Desmond Morris, British b.1928 - The Awkward Question, 2012; oil, ink and watercolour on paper,...
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Desmond Morris,
British b.1928 -
The Awkward Question, 2012;
oil, ink and watercolour on paper, signed with initials and dated lower right 'DM 12', 28 x 40.5 cm (ARR)
Literature:
Silvano Levy, 'Desmond Morris: Analytical Catalogue Raisonné 2012-2020', Sansom & Co., Bristol, 2020, illus. p.44
Exhibited:
Redfern Gallery, London, Desmond Morris: Works on Paper 1948-2018, 6th May-9th June 2018, no.2
Provenance
the Estate of W. J. Erroll
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