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Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso
Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso

LOT NO 549

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Josef Herman (Polish/British 1911-2000): Woman on a Donkey, watercolour signed 20cm x 25cm
Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillip's London, no. 30716 'Twentieth Century British and Irish Art', 2nd March 1999 lot 53, label verso

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Lot Number: 549

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Josef Herman watercolour, *Woman on a Donkey*, signed and measuring 20 x 25cm. The Polish-British artist (1911–2000) depicts a woman riding a donkey in this compact work on paper.

Provenance: private collection; purchased at Phillips, London, lot 53 in *Twentieth Century British and Irish Art*, 2 March 1999, no. 30716. A Phillips label is attached verso. This Josef Herman painting is offered for sale at auction by Duggleby Auctioneers.


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