Lot 697 , Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), Reclining nude, circa 1912, pen and ink on paper, 25 x 38cms.

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915) Reclining nude, circa 1912
pen and ink on paper
25 x 38cms.
£400-600
Provenance: 1989 Colnaghi Gallery, with stock inventory sheet F1/S540, thereafter with a Sussex private collection

For a very similar drawing, see Horace Brodzky - Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Faber & Faber, 1933, facing p18.

Condition:
Pen and blue ink on a light buff coloured paper. Acid stains running through the paper along with dirt and fox marks and some light creasing most notably a diagonal crease running down the right side. Image remains of fair strength. Torn off across the bottom. Pencil and ink reference numbers inscribed verso. Comes with catalogue referencing from Colnaghi.

Sold for £650