Alfred Wallis (British, 1855-1942) A Steamship and a Schooner Passing the Coast (recto); A Path Through a Wood (verso) signed 'alfred wallis' (lower right; recto) oil and pencil on an artist's paintbox 30 x 37 cm. (11 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.) Footnotes: Provenance Acquired directly from the artist circa 1937 by Bernard Forrester, thence by family descent Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Tate Gallery, Alfred Wallis, 30 May-30 June 1968, cat.no.177, with Arts Council tour to City Art Gallery, York, Aberdeen Art Gallery, and Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal Literature Robert Jones, Alfred Wallis, Artist and Mariner, Halsgrove, Devon, 2001, p.96 (col.ill.) The present work was acquired from the artist circa 1937 by the potter Bernard Forrester, who was working in Bernard Leach's workshop in St Ives. We are grateful to Robert Jones for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com