Fine Art Sale
Lot 670
CAPTAIN ALEC BEE (FL 1990S) TWO SKETCHBOOKS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPES AND HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS includ
CAPTAIN ALEC BEE (FL 1990S) TWO SKETCHBOOKS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPES AND HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS including cats and pigs, many inscribed and dated, extra illustrated with contemporary photographs and including double page of vignettes (in the larger of the two albums many recto and verso), contemporary cloth, 12 x 18cm and 18 x 26cmThe subjects include several Oxford views, the Lake District, Cornwall, Sussex and Rockcliffe. The humorous subjects, which are rather more painstakingly executed, are likely to have been copied from contemporary postcards by, in particular, Louis Wain.
Estimate: £100 - 150
Sold for £280