1. The artist and the poet
Estimate £50,000-£70,000 Sold £572,000
This delicious still-life painting. , by Sir William Nicholson, was the highlight at a Woolley & Wallis sale of Modern British Art back in May. It came into the ownership of the celebrated British writer and First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon in lgsg. Possibly it was a gift from the artist to the poet - they had been great friends since igiS and Nicholson designed labels for (Heinemann, 1919), and illustrated (Faber &
