Lot 1347 , Malcolm Osborne (1880-1963), portrait of Job Nixon, Rome Scholarship medal, catalogues & ephemera
Malcolm Osborne (1880-1963)
etching,
head and shoulder portrait of Job Nixon (1891-1938), signed and inscribed to Mrs Job Nixon and dated 'Dec 1st/38', 12.5 x 7.25in; and other items relating to the artist including his Rome Scholarship medal, 1920, various exhibition catalogues and ephemera
Estimate £150-250
Etching perhaps a hint of acid staining around the mount but otherwise in good untouched condition, mount has some fox marking, under glass in a silvered wood frame, looks rather flat so may be laid down.
Other items comprise:
Black and white photographic portrait by Neville Lewis stuck down onto card
Stained glass panel - St George of Cornwall
Copy of the Year's Art 1939
Two plaster plaques of classical medallions - the one of the Three Graces being cracked and repaired
British School at Rome silver medallion together with presentation letter
July 1927 copy of The Print Collectors Quarterly Magazine featuring an article on the etchings of Job Nixon by Hugh Stokes
Newspaper clippings about the founding of an Exhibition stage by the Society of Staffordshire Artists
Letter from Bradford Art Gallery saying committee have decided to acquire the watercolour Una Trattoria dated 1932
1931 letter from City Art Gallery Manchester regarding the purchase of another work
Copy of Stoke on Trent Museum and Art Gallery Memorial Exhibition of the Works by the Late Job Nixon 1946
Copy of Canalghi's Exhibition of 1939
Copy of J. Bennett's Exhibition 1928
Copy of Colnaghi's Exhibition of 1939
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Sold for £650