1935 - 2022
Portugese
Nursery Rhyme Series: Sing a Song of Sixpence
etching on paper, 1989
signed and editioned 18/50 and on verso titled on a label
8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in, 21.6 x 22.2 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CAD
Sold for: $1,375
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Heffel Fine Art Auction House, April 27, 2002, lot 022
Private Collection, Vancouver
Another work in this edition is held in the collection of the British Museum, London. The British Museum’s website states that this work comes from the Nursery Rhymes print series which was published by the artist and Marlborough Galleries in 1989 and printed by Paul Coldwell at Culford Press, London. There are 14 artist's proofs and 5 hors de commerce copies. Thirty of the etchings with accompanying rhymes were reproduced in the book ‘Nursery Rhymes’ by Paula Rego, published in 1994 by the Folio Society and Thames & Hudson.
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