Lot 40: ALGERNON CECIL NEWTON R.A. (1880-1968) Landscape with moon signed with

ALGERNON CECIL NEWTON R.A. (1880-1968) Landscape with moon signed with monogram (lower left) oil on canvas 45.8 x 60.9 cm. (18 x 24 in.)

Provenance Cyril Beaumont OBE (1891-1976), by whom bequeathed to Jill Anne Bowden, by whom bequeathed to the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Cyril Beaumont OBE was a celebrated dance historian who authored more than forty books on ballet. He was president of the Cecchetti Society for many years (1923–1970), editor of Dance Journal (1924 - 1939) and ballet critic for the The Sunday Times (1950 - 1959). We are grateful to Nicholas Newton for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. 89