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Lot 232

Gerald Wilde, British 1905-1986 - Inferno; oil on canvas, titled to the stretcher 'Inferno',...

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Lot 232

Gerald Wilde, 
British 1905-1986 - 
Inferno; 
oil on canvas, titled to the stretcher 'Inferno',...

Price Realised: £630

Estimate: £350 - £400

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Lot 232

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Gerald Wilde
British 1905-1986 - 

Inferno; 

oil on canvas, titled to the stretcher 'Inferno', 70.5 x 91.5 cm (ARR) 

Note: 
Wilde exhibited with the Hanover Gallery in the 1940s and 50s as well as having a solo show at the ICA in 1955. His work was admired in print by important post-war critics such as John Berger and David Sylvester and owned by influential collectors Peter Watson, Sir Kenneth Clark and Sir Edward Marsh. His works are in the Tate and Arts Council Collection amongst others. 

 

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