Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Cinderella at the Ball (For the Devonshire Hill School Mural) ...

Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978) Cinderella at the Ball (For the Devonshire Hill School Mural) oil and pencil on paper laid to panel, lightly squared for transfer 50.8 x 185.4 cm. (20 x 73 in.) Painted circa 1944 Footnotes: Provenance Sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1982, lot 143 Sale; Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich, 26 May 2008, lot 151 Sale; Beurret & Bailly Auktionen, Basel, 20 June 2018, lot 121 where acquired by the present owner Literature John Lehmann (ed), Penguin New Writing, Number 22, Penguin, London, 1944, unnumbered (ill.b&w) The present work is a study for the murals painted by Grant and Bell for the Devonshire Hill School in Tottenham, commissioned by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts and the British Institute of Adult Education in 1943, completed in February 1945, but latterly destroyed. We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing