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PETER SAMUELSON (1912-1996) Ali Standing oil on board 25 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (65.4 x 42.3 cm.) Provenance:  with Adonis Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.   Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot. Peter Samuelson came from an affluent family, as the son of a rich hotelier. He went to Eton where his talent for painting was highly encouraged. He served as a soldier in World War II, after which he settled in London where he lived in large 19th century houses, which he often filled with lodgers. With a regular income, he did not need to work and painted for himself and friends. Ali Standing is painted in the rooms Upper Phillimore Gardens, where the artist lived in 1959. It has been suggested that the sitter is probably an immigrant from the Windrush Generation, who was then a lodger with Samuelson.