Peter Evershed (1925 Brighton - 2020 Milton Keynes) "Ernest M. Hemingway". Original title Triple portrait of the important American writer Ernest M. Hemingway (1899 - 1961), based on pencil studies from a sketchbook from the 1950s. Evershed, who went to the USA in 1947 and only returned to England at the end of the 1950s, created a large number of portraits of famous contemporary personalities during this decade. India ink and watercolor/paper, mounted on cardboard. Signed lower right and with artist's stamp. Titled and dated at upper margin. Inscribed on an artist's label verso. 41.8 cm x 29 cm. Frame. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist. Indian ink and watercolour on paper, laid down on cardboard. Signed and with artist's stamp. Artist's label on the reverse.

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