#6 Doris with the Blue Bird reserved Although commercially successful she didn’t

Although commercially successful she didn’t fulfil the promise of this absolute gem

At the end of the war they surfaced in Berlin in the hands of a liberating Russian soldier and were purchased by the film maker Hans Curlis

Frustratingly there is no signature nor handy provenance to give a clue to authorship

looking out of the window and seeing faces of passengers

The creative elite had been holidaying or living there since the mid-nineteenth century and by the beginning of the next century it had become a relative safe-haven for the gay and lesbian community

#6 Doris with the Blue Bird reserved Although commercially successful she didn’tCOLLECTION ONLY Please note: due to the fragile nature of these ceramics, they cannot be shipped and must be collected from the gallery before the end of Sam Toft's exhibition Keep on Keeping on Friday 3rd December.