Lot 158: CLAUDE FLIGHT (1881-1955) - Swimming: The Start of the Race

CLAUDE FLIGHT (1881-1955)
Swimming: The Start of the Race
signed 'CLAUDE FLIGHT' (lower left), inscribed 'SWIMMING/THE START
OF THE RACE' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
18 x 23 3/4 in. (45.7 x 60.4 cm.)


PROVENANCE:
with Michael Parkin Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1987, lot 236.
with Trinity House Paintings, London, where purchased by the present owner
in March 2018.
EXHIBITED:
London, New English Art Club, Claude Flight, 1929, catalogue not traced.
London, Redfern Gallery, Claude Flight, October 1931, no. 10.