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Lot 83AR

David Jagger R.O.I.
(British, 1891-1958)
Portrait of James Henry Dowd 43 x 39.5 cm. (16 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

Amended
15 June 2016, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

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David Jagger R.O.I. (British, 1891-1958)

Portrait of James Henry Dowd
signed 'Jagger' (lower right)
oil on canvas
43 x 39.5 cm. (16 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 10 May 2006, lot 513, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Halifax, Bankfield Museum, The Art of the Jagger Family, 26 August-23 September 1939, cat.no.33; this exhibition travelled to, Burton, 4 November- 2 December, Darlington, Museum and Art Gallery, 16 December-13 January 1940, Lincoln, Usher Art Gallery, 3-27 February, Rotherham, Museum and Art Gallery, 9 March-6 April and Sunderland, Art Gallery, 24 April-26 May

A new world auction record for the artist was established in these rooms last year for a painting similar to the present work. Titled The Conscientious Objector and also depicting a gentleman lit by lamplight and wearing a pink scarf, it went on to achieve £115,300 on 18 November 2015.

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Please note that the title of this work is 'Portrait of James Henry Dowd'.

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