Auctioned yesterday at Gorringe’s (Lewes UK):
Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)
Pencil and coloured pencils on thin wove paper
‘Threshold: Quasi-automatic drawings. 1944-1945′ title page in the original album with attached note ’35 drawings by A.O.S. Bought for £15. Nov 15th 1945 through Hannen Swaffer’
8 x 13in.
Estimate £700-1,000LOTS 1087 – 1115
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN EASTBOURNE
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CLARIFICATION: The purchase price listed at the above link relates to the title page only. Subsequent pages from the ‘album’ comprised separate lots, all of which are listed at the auctioneer’s site.