Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2021
Gertrude Hermes (1901-1983) - Sleeping Elephant, 1948

Sleeping Elephant, 1948


pencil drawing on paper
Signed and dated 1948 lower right, titled to gallery label verso backingTogether with the exhibition catalogue "Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967. Inscribed "For Jack, Love Gert" in pen to epigraph.Sheet/Book 12 ins x 18 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms; 8 ins x 8.75 ins; 20.3 cms x 22.2 cms
drawn in 1948

Lot offered for sale


Waddington's, Toronto
British & Continental Art, Lot# 434
Thu, Feb 18, 2021

Lot prices


Price realised
C$570

Estimate
C$500 - C$700

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Sleeping Elephant, 1948 by artist Gertrude Hermes