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Six Silhouette Drawings
(with a pencil drawing of two women, one holding a basket of fruit)

Item date(s): March 1924

Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982) - (drawings by)

Pages: 6pp
Size: 177mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist. W. W. Battiss

Place publication: not stated
Publisher: The artist

Additional notes:
The drawings use only black and gold ink. The differ slightly in size from 160-180mm. They appear to have been pasted into a black-paged scrapbook as the corners show the residual of the paper. In order of height.

1. Woman with earphones.

2. Girl standing on one foot.

3. Pierrot in black circle.

4.Woman kneeling on a chair and looking into a hand-held mirror.

5. Ballerina en pointe with a large fan.

6. Woman removing a gown.

The pencil drawing of two women is unsigned but was found in the same envelope as the other items.

Ref: GB/30222