27th Mar, 2025 14:00

Modern British & Irish Art
 
Lot 53 §
 

DAVID TINDLE, R.A. (BRITISH, b.1932)
Works from the family of Christopher Fry

DAVID TINDLE, R.A. (BRITISH, b.1932)
20 Warwick Crescent
signed, titled and dated '20 Warwick Crescent, David Tindle 1953' (lower right); inscribed 'To Dear Christopher/Happy Happy Birthday 1997/Love from Maggie and David/Well Christopher here we are/I am able to give you something/that goes right back in date to our first meeting, how times/& styles change, but our characters never!' (verso)
watercolour, pen & ink
36 x 31.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 12 1/ in.)
together with;
Fenceposts
signed, inscribed and dated '15/3/74/from the back of the Old Chapel/ Dear Phyl/ Christopher has just phoned, I am sorry we are so far away, but we think of you a lot. I must come and paint the little head of you I have/wanted to do for a long time, I would like it to have nice soft summer light. It got a bit too cold to finish this outside, but it was one of those nice afternoons/Love from us all/David' (lower edge)
watercolour
28 x 39 cm. (11 x 15 3/8 in.)
(2)

Provenance
The artist, whom gifted to the family of the present owners

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