Details
John Melville (1902-1986)
Kissing Couple
signed and dated ‘John Melville 1936’ (lower left)
oil on board
77 x 63.5cm.
Painted in 1936
Provenance
Simon Carter Gallery, Woodbridge.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 November 1985, lot 252.
The Mayor Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Milan, Palazzo Reale, I Surrealisti, 1989. This exhibition later travelled Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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