Lot 165: William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
Portrait of Markie Dinshaw
oil on canvas
42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

The sitter, thence by descent to the present owner.

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOTS 165-166)

The artist William Acton was the younger brother of the great British aesthete and author Sir Harold Acton (1904-1994). He painted the present and following lot, portraits of the two Dinshaw sisters, in India where their father was a prominent banker. Markie died tragically at a young age.