Edward Burra - ACE035.4

Mrs Anne Ritchie (the artist’s sister) explains how Burra would go away without telling anyone what he was doing. Harlem Scene. Anne Ritchie. Chile con Carne (1937). Burra playing a 1960s recording of Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me. Painting of interior of dance hall. Burra on "being pried on". Painting of street scene. Burra’s response to questions about causes for anger and irritation. Paintings including Procession (1948), intercut with Burra on receiving a medal from the French government. Burra on what he talks about with his friends – rarely about art. Paintings of birds and an elephant intercut with Burra on going to London to see friends. Burra on railway station. In street with George Melly. Interior of "The Windsor Castle" club; drag artists "The Dumbells" (formerly "The Carbolic Sisters"). Burra and Melly. Painting of people round stove.