Sickert (Walter, 1860-1942). Ennui (The Medium Plate), 1914/15, etching, first state, signed

* Sickert (Walter Richard, 1860-1942). Ennui (The Medium Plate), 1914/15, etching on laid paper, with watermark of a unicorn and letters F J (probably F. J. Head), the rare first state, before all lettering, issued circa 1925 (the final state was advertised in 1929), signed and titled ink, slight diagonal paper flaw from the upper margin into the image, heavy mount stain, plate size 227 x 175 mm (9 x 6 7/8 ins), sheet size 305 x 220 mm (12 x 8 5/8 ins) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Collection of Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991). Bromberg 156 i/vi. The rare first state of one of Sickert's most famous prints, for which Bromberg lists only two impressions (Private Collection, formerly Sir Hugh Walpole, and Victoria & Albert Museum). An impression of the first state was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries exhibition of Sickert's prints in 1925.