Private Collection, United Kingdom (probably acquired circa 1990s)
Thence by descent to the present owners

This lot comprises of three sketches. Each sketch is executed on cream wove paper and not laid down. There are five tiny nicks to the extreme left edge of the hanging man sketch and some minor adhesive residue from the sketchbook to the extreme left edge of the sketch with no wording. There are some faint crease lines in places. These works are in very good condition.
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There are two further sheets of related drawings included in this lot, made in preparation for the invitation to a screening of Will Wellman's 1943 film, Ox-Bow Incident, held in Brussels on 13th January 1959.