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Edward Burra (British, 1905-1976) The Riot 78.5 x 110.6 cm. (30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.) (Executed 1948-50) image 1
Edward Burra (British, 1905-1976) The Riot 78.5 x 110.6 cm. (30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.) (Executed 1948-50) image 2
Edward Burra (British, 1905-1976) The Riot 78.5 x 110.6 cm. (30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.) (Executed 1948-50) image 3
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Edward Burra
(British, 1905-1976)
The Riot 78.5 x 110.6 cm. (30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.)

18 June 2025, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£100,000 - £150,000

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Edward Burra (British, 1905-1976)

The Riot
stamped with signature 'E.J. Burra' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and gouache
78.5 x 110.6 cm. (30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.)
Executed 1948-50

Footnotes

Provenance
The Artist
Lady Ritchie of Dundee, Rye
With The Lefevre Gallery, London, 22 October 2001, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Edward Burra, Paintings from America, March-May 1980, cat.no.10
London, Hayward Gallery, Edward Burra, 1 August-29 September 1985, cat.no.111; this exhibition travelled to Southampton Art Gallery, 19 October-24 November 1985, Leeds City Art Gallery, 4 December 1985-12 January 1986, Norwich Castle Museum, 22 January-23 February 1986
London, The Lefevre Gallery, An Exhibition of Works by Edward Burra (1905-1976), November-December 1987, cat.no.15
London, Olympia Fine Art Fair, Edward Burra, a Loan Exhibition, 27 February-4 March 2001, cat.no.32
Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Edward Burra, 22 October 2011-19 February 2012, cat.no.89; this exhibition travelled to Nottingham, Djanogly Gallery, 3 March-27 May 2012

Literature
William Chappell (ed.), Edward Burra: A Painter Remembered by his Friends, Andre Deutsch in association with The Lefevre Gallery, London, 1982, p.89 (ill.b&w)
Andrew Causey, Edward Burra: Complete Catalogue, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1985, cat.no.192 (ill.b&w)
Exh.cat., Edward Burra, Hayward Gallery in association with Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985, p.44, cat.no.111, pl.22 (col.ill.)
Jane Stevenson, Edward Burra: Twentieth-Century Eye, Jonathan Cape, London, 2007, p.354
Simon Martin, Edward Burra, Lund Humphries in association with Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2011, p.96, cat.no.89 (col.ill.)

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