McBean, Angus [1904-1990, photographer and designer]

Unique hand coloured Surreal landscape, with nude figure of David Ball

London, circa 1949

Silver print photograph, hand coloured, in original frame. 500 by 680mm (19¾ by 26¾ inches).

Varient of the 1949 McBean Christmas card, with Angus’s long time partner David Ball’s figure substituted for the nude woman in the foreground of the original design.

Provenance ex Collection of David Ball See Angus McBean portraits, National Portrait Gallery 2006, ed Terence Pepper, for the original christmas card design

SOLD

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