Lot 58: Andrew Festing (b. 1941)

Andrew Festing (b. 1941)
Walter Lees, seated in his drawing room in Pimlico, London
signed 'AT Festing' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71 cm.)

Commissioned directly from the artist by Walter Lees.

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Andrew Festing is one of the most popular portrait painters working today. His style is strong, masculine and accurate, keeping flattery to a minimum. He is a past president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.