Four Sailing Boats and Pier Head - Alfred Wallis (1855 - 1942)

Alfred Wallis (British 1855 - 1942)
Four Sailing Boats and Pier Head
Household paint and pencil on card
c. 1930

Size: 17.5cm high, 30cm wide - 7 ins high, 11¾ wide
Frame: 32cm high, 43cm wide - 12½ ins high, 17 ins wide

Provenance:
Waddington Galleries, London
Collection of Hon. Mrs Thomas Hazleregg, UK (purchased from the above in c. 1965)
Ex Private UK collection

….. ‘i am thinkin of givin up The paints all to gether i have nothin But Persecution and gelecy [jealousy] and if you can com [come] down for an hour or 2 you can take them with you and give what they are worf [worth] afterwards. These drawers and shopes are all jealous of me’…..

letter from Alfred Wallis to Jim Ede