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Auction archive: Lot number 71

Anthony BURGESS (British, 1917 - 1993) and Liana BURGESS (Italian, 1929 - 2007) - Group of four self-portraits.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,901 - US$6,535
Price realised:
£3,200
ca. US$5,228
Auction archive: Lot number 71

Anthony BURGESS (British, 1917 - 1993) and Liana BURGESS (Italian, 1929 - 2007) - Group of four self-portraits.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,901 - US$6,535
Price realised:
£3,200
ca. US$5,228
Beschreibung:

Group of four self-portraits.
Anthony BURGESS pen on paper, 1975 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) signed Britton, p. 217 pen on paper 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) Liana BURGESS ink on paper 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) Britton, p. 217 ink on paper 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm An important satirist, critic, and musician, Anthony Burgess is best remembered for his 1962 dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange. An ardent defender of her husband's writing, Liana famously drove throughout Europe while Anthony worked in an attempt to avoid the high taxes imposed on him in England. During a four-year lecture tour of the American universities, Liana depicted herself in her self-portrait as the driver of a tour van.

Auction archive: Lot number 71
Auction:
Datum:
24 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Group of four self-portraits.
Anthony BURGESS pen on paper, 1975 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) signed Britton, p. 217 pen on paper 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) Liana BURGESS ink on paper 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm) Britton, p. 217 ink on paper 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 145 mm An important satirist, critic, and musician, Anthony Burgess is best remembered for his 1962 dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange. An ardent defender of her husband's writing, Liana famously drove throughout Europe while Anthony worked in an attempt to avoid the high taxes imposed on him in England. During a four-year lecture tour of the American universities, Liana depicted herself in her self-portrait as the driver of a tour van.

Auction archive: Lot number 71
Auction:
Datum:
24 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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