Lot 44
Lot 44
A WEDDING PRESENT FROM DEREK HILL: Derek Hill C.B.E., H.R.G.A. (1916-2000)

Dundonnell Landscape

Price Realised GBP 6,250
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GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
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A WEDDING PRESENT FROM DEREK HILL: Derek Hill C.B.E., H.R.G.A. (1916-2000)

Dundonnell Landscape

Price Realised GBP 6,250
Price Realised GBP 6,250
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A WEDDING PRESENT FROM DEREK HILL:
Derek Hill C.B.E., H.R.G.A. (1916-2000)
Dundonnell Landscape
signed with monogram 'DH' (lower left), inscribed extensively to the reverse and with gallery label and wedding present label 'AAJ 31./ Oil Painting "Dundonnell/ Landscape" by the donor/ From: Mr Derek Hill'
oil on board
814 x 1334 in. (21 x 35 cm.)
Provenance
A wedding present from the artist to H.R.H The Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, May 1960, wedding present no. 31.
Literature
D. Butler, ‘Lord Snowdon’s Workroom’, Vogue, 15 April 1971, (unnumbered), illustrated in Lord Snowdon's workroom.
R. Muir, ‘Double Exposure: Lord Snowdon’s Kensington Villa’, World of Interiors, January 2009, p. 147, illustrated in the drawing room.
Snowdon and F. von Hofmannstahl (ed.), Snowdon A Life In View, New York, 2014, p. 173, illustrated in Lord Snowdon's workroom in 1971.
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