Nov 15, 2010 - Sale 2230

Sale 2230 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
LEONARD RICHMOND (? - 1965) DOVER. 1931.
39 1/4x24 3/4 inches, 100x63 cm. McCorquodale, London.
Condition B+: pinholes in corners; minor foxing around text; pencil number in lower left corner.
Richmond, whose paintings were exhibited throughout Europe, worked for the Canadian government during World War I as a battlefield artist. Richmond also did a lot of graphic work for the British Railway companies in the 1920s and 30s, producing posters for the London Underground.