£1,250 

Raymond Sheppard:
Studies of an Impala
Passe-partout (ref: 4587)

Black chalk with white highlights on buff paper, 6 7/8 x 10 1/4  in. (17.5 x 26 cm.)

Tags: Raymond Sheppard chalk farms/domestic animals illustration

Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection

Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.39

EH Gombrich  references Raymond Sheppard's 'How to Draw Birds', and includes a reproduction of one of his drawings,  in his celebrated treatise 'Art and Illusion', (1960).