28th Mar, 2021 13:00

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction

 
  Lot 614
 

VIOLINIST, A MIXED MEDIA BY EDMOND XAVIER KAPP

* EDMOND XAVIER KAPP (BRITISH 1890 - 1978),
VIOLINIST
charcoal and watercolour on paper, signed and dated '41
34cm x 25cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Label verso: Cyril Gerber Fine Art. Titled and dated 1941.
Note: Edmond Xavier Kapp was born in London and was educated at Christ's College in Cambridge, in Paris and Rome. Kapp was a British portrait painter, draughtsman and caricaturist who during his career depicted many of the most famous politicians, artists and musicians of the time. He had several dozen one man shows in London and provincial galleries as well as on the continent, in Canada and America. There was a major retrospective exhibition of his work at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1961. Kapp's work is represented in many public and private collections including 26 pictures in The National Portrait Gallery, London.

 

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Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £200


 
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