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Signed in pencil below the plate (right). Signed, dated and titled in the plate Sickert 1922 (bottom left, the last two figures in reverse) and The new tie (bottom right).
Watermark: Hand of Pope.
Provenance: with Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd, London.
Through an open door, we see a man standing in front of a mirrored wardrobe; he is the same figure as in the etching L’Armoire à Glace. According to Bromberg, the two settings were based on the same drawing (Bromberg 2000, p. 254).
