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Lot number: 1726

''Man on Wire'' a contemporary framed and mounted watercolour depicting an amusing and highly original interpretation of the extraordinary high wire walk by Phillippe Petit who traversed the top of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974. This painting using artistic licence to replace Petit with an image of Charlie Chaplin wearing his iconic outfit with bowler hat and precariously crossing the wire using only his walking stick for balance,presented in a lilac frame with brown and cream mount

Estimate £120 to £150

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