Edward Burra’s Funfair

Among the best Modern British pictures offered at Lawrences of Crewkerne on July 6 was Edward Burra’s (1905-76) ‘Funfair’, which was consigned from a good local collection barely 24 hours before the catalogue went to press.

The 23½in x 19in (60 x 49cm) pen-and-black-ink drawing depicted a group of figures queuing at a hot …

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