Lot 155
  • 155

Alan Lowndes

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alan Lowndes
  • painter and critics
  • signed and dated 1963; titled and inscribed Completed April 1963, St Ives on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 90 by 116.5cm.; 35½ by 45¾in.

Exhibited

New York, Osborne Gallery, April 14th - May 3rd, 1964

Condition

There is paint seperation within the brown sections of paint work, and to upper edge of the right hand figure. There is a surface scratch to the left hand figure. There is a fleck of chipped paint to the left of the figures and to the central figure. The work is slightly dirty and would benefit from a professional clean. Held in a gilt wood and plaster frame with hessian slip. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no evidence of retouching.
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