Feliks Topolski (1907 – 1989)

Feliks Topolski. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, 1965

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Lot 326. Feliks Topolski RA, Polish/British 1907–1989. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. 1965; gouache and charcoal on paper, signed, titled and dated lower right ‘Feliks Topolski HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 65’, 49 x 33.7 cm (ARR) 
Note: an oil on canvas study, painted in the same year, recently sold in London for £12,500. Both the present lot and the oil were studies for an official portrait commissioned by Prince Philip, which later hung in Windsor Castle. London Life magazine covered of the making of the Royal Portrait in their 7th May 1966 edition. The artist also created a large-scale mural to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, commissioned by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Estimate 700 GBP – 900 GBP. Roseberys. 11/29/23. Sold 900 GBP

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