1) Sotheby's, their sale Help the Hospices 29th June 1987, donated by the artist
2) Richard Salmon Gallery, London
3) UK Private Collection
A wonderful early charcoal drawing by Frank Auerbach, extended to the left facing margin by an additional length of paper to aid composition. Retained by the artist until donated to the 1987 Sotheby's Help the Hospices sale, an auction including works by Lucian Freud, Ivon Hitchens, Keith Vaughan, Leon Kossoff Elizabeth Frink and John Hoyland, amongst many others.
Catalogued by Sotheby's as 1961 in error. Subsequently confirmed by the artist as a work from October 1951, as signed and dated.
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