MORTIMER MENPES
1855-1938
An Elephant and Retainers from Bikanir (1903)
$18,000–25,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, ADELAIDE
MORTIMER MENPES
1855-1938
An Elephant and Retainers from Bikanir (1903)
oil, gouache and pencil on board
signed 'Mortimer Menpes' lower left
41.5 x 32.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, London
- Lot Sold $42,000 (Hammer Price)
- $51,545 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mortimer Menpes, London
The Museum Galleries, London (label verso)
Private Collection
Private Collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Mortimer Menpes: The Durbar, Dowdeswell Galleries, London, June 1903, no. 106
Literature
Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes, The Durbar, Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903, plate 55, f.p. 112 (illustrated)
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