$300.00
Rare
Artist: Ernest Heber Thompson (1891-1971)
Title: Head of an Old Spaniard
Date: 1930s?
School: New Zealand/British, British XXth-century
Medium: drypoint
Dimensions: 227 x 165mm (plate), 335 x 236mm (sheet)
Watermark: none
Inscriptions/marks: in the plate lower left <<Heber Thompson>>,
on the support in pencil lower left to lower right <<2/50 …………… Heber Thompson>>, on the support in pencil lower left border to lower right border <<Head of an Old Spaniard ………………..…………S33940>>
Condition: fine condition
Description: An old man seen from three-quarter with head turned to the right. Sold on behalf of the artist by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London, with their S stock number.
Reference: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Heber_Thompson for biography of Heber Thompson who was born in Dunedin.
Provenance: Richmond Antiques, Richmond, New Zealand
