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Auction archive: Lot number 440

Alec Fraser-Brunner (1906-1986)

Out of the Ordinary
30 Jul 2024
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$384 - US$512
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 440

Alec Fraser-Brunner (1906-1986)

Out of the Ordinary
30 Jul 2024
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$384 - US$512
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

The Seer (Indian) or Eastern Province Katonkel (South African); and another game fish two, signed, watercolour largest 22 x 32cm, framed (2) The first watercolour is illustrated in the 1949 book 'Game Fish of the World' by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald and Francesca Lamonte, published by Nicholson & Watson. Fraser-Brunner was an ichthyologist, author and artist. He designed the 'Merlion' in 1964, a half lion/half fish, which is Singapore's national symbol and has appeared on the country's postage stamps. A Merlion statue was sculpted by Lim Nang Seng in the early 1970s and stands in Merlion Park, Marina Bay, Singapore. Fraser-Brunner also curated the Van Kleef Aquarium in Singapore and the aquarium at Edinburgh Zoo.
Condition Report No damage detected to watercolours - minor knocks to frames Request A Condition Report

Auction archive: Lot number 440
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jul 2024
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
Beschreibung:

The Seer (Indian) or Eastern Province Katonkel (South African); and another game fish two, signed, watercolour largest 22 x 32cm, framed (2) The first watercolour is illustrated in the 1949 book 'Game Fish of the World' by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald and Francesca Lamonte, published by Nicholson & Watson. Fraser-Brunner was an ichthyologist, author and artist. He designed the 'Merlion' in 1964, a half lion/half fish, which is Singapore's national symbol and has appeared on the country's postage stamps. A Merlion statue was sculpted by Lim Nang Seng in the early 1970s and stands in Merlion Park, Marina Bay, Singapore. Fraser-Brunner also curated the Van Kleef Aquarium in Singapore and the aquarium at Edinburgh Zoo.
Condition Report No damage detected to watercolours - minor knocks to frames Request A Condition Report

Auction archive: Lot number 440
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jul 2024
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
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