Louis Osman: The Jenkins Family Collection

A gold cigarette lighter by Louis Osman, 1972, of slightly rounded rectangular form and plain polished finish, with conforming slide button to one side, unmarked, in original fitted cork travel case, dimensions approximately 78 x 41 x 15mm. £2,000-£3,000


Please note ARR will apply to this lot (Artist’s Resale Rights).

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Louis Osman: The Jenkins Family Collection.

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This lighter was commissioned from Louis by Mrs Jenkins as a surprise gift for her husband Maurice for Christmas 1972, following on from the cigarette case she had commissioned the previous year. (See lot 367). As with the earlier cigarette case, this lighter takes the deceptively simple form of a gold block, but this time with a single smooth slide button to one side.


Exhibited:
Osman: An exhibition of the Works of Louis Osman, at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, 18 & 19 May 1974, exhibition catalogue no. 13.

A copy of this catalogue accompanies this lot, together with further related correspondence.