Edward BURRA (1905-1976)

BIRDMEN AND POTS, 1946-7
Watercolour, 75.5 x 56 cm
H.1984/43

Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery,Edward Burra, 1973, no. 78.
London, Hayward Gallery,Edward Burra, 1985, no. 102.
London, Sotheby's,Monet to Freud, National Art Collections Fund Exhibition, 1989, no. 164.
Finland, Retretti,Surrealism in Visual Arts, 1987.

Literature
John Rothenstein,Edward Burra, exh. cat. (Tate 1973), p.28.
R. Morphet and R. Calvocoressi, 'Three Mid-Twentieth Century Acquisitions', National Art Collections Review, 1985, pp. 97-100.
Andrew Causey,Edward Burra: Complete Catalogue (Phaidon, 1985), cat. 170.
The Great Artists: Edward Burra(Marshall Cavendish, 1986), p.2901.

Provenance
Lefevre Gallery
Agnew's
Purchased with the assistance of the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund, 1984.

BIRDWOMAN, 1964
Signed and dated: Burra, 64, blue ink, lower right
Ink and wash, 56.5 x 78.1 cm
H.1982/2

Literature
Caussey, 1985, cat. 319.

Provenance
Mercury Gallery
Purchased with the assistance of the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1982.