"A very rarely seen painting by the British artist Walter Sickert, which was once owned by the Hollywood "gangster" actor Edward G. Robinson, is going on sale in London on 26 September. Ennui (1913) is one of five Sickert oils of the same name that were made in in the 1910s-each depicting a pub landlord with his wife. Three of the works are held by British galleries."
"These include one owned by the Royal Collection, which is such a favourite of King Charles that it hangs in his private rooms in Clarence House, and another at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The other two have for decades remained in private hands. The work coming up for sale, in a selling exhibition at Piano Nobile gallery in Holland Park, belonged to the late American collectors Bill and Ann Lucas from 2001."
"Previous owners include Robinson, known for playing mobsters in films such as Little Caesar (1931). The painting has a £750,000 price tag and it is expected to be the star of the show. Other works for sale from the Lucas collection include a Sickert pastel of a naked sex worker, which has not been displayed publicly since 1908. Sickert and the writer Viginia Woolf had an exchange about the Ashmolean's version of Ennui after Woolf saw it."
A rarely seen Walter Sickert oil, Ennui (1913), will be offered for sale in London on 26 September with a £750,000 price tag. The painting is one of five Ennui oils from the 1910s, each depicting a pub landlord with his wife. Three versions are held by British institutions, including the Royal Collection (hung in Clarence House) and the Ashmolean. The work up for sale belonged to Bill and Ann Lucas and was previously owned by actor Edward G. Robinson. The Lucas sale also features a rarely exhibited Sickert pastel and several works from his Dieppe period, including Eglise St Jacques and sketches. Sickert was born in Germany and moved to England in 1868.
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