28th Mar, 2024 9:30

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Lot 8
 
Lot 8 - John Paddy Carstairs (1916 - 1970), 'Le Mans -...
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John Paddy Carstairs (1916 - 1970), 'Le Mans - The Start of the Race', signed 'John Paddy Carstairs' (upper right), watercolour and gouache, 35 x 49 cm, framed and glazed 55.5 x 68.5 cm; with an associated birthday depicting the painting and inscribed in pen by the artist, 'Mike - as you see - your pic is now a b'day card - The enclosed is - I think - self explanatory - cheers! P.' and 'In the collection of Michael Carreras?!?'

Michael Carreras (Executive Producer at Hammer Films) thence by descent. The artist's brother, Anthony Nelson Keys, was a producer at Hammer Films.

Sold for £800


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John Paddy Carstairs (1916 - 1970), 'Le Mans - The Start of the Race', signed 'John Paddy Carstairs' (upper right), watercolour and gouache, 35 x 49 cm, framed and glazed 55.5 x 68.5 cm; with an associated birthday depicting the painting and inscribed in pen by the artist, 'Mike - as you see - your pic is now a b'day card - The enclosed is - I think - self explanatory - cheers! P.' and 'In the collection of Michael Carreras?!?'

Provenance

Michael Carreras (Executive Producer at Hammer Films) thence by descent. The artist's brother, Anthony Nelson Keys, was a producer at Hammer Films.

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