Lot 130
  • 130

Peter Coker, R.A.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Peter Coker, R.A.
  • Aldeburgh No. 2, Suffolk
  • signed Peter Coker (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed with the artist's address on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 122 by 81.5cm., 48 by 32in.
  • Executed in 1964.

Provenance

Nottinghamshire Education Department
Julian Hartnoll, London, 11 December 2003

Condition

Unexamined out of frame. Original canvas. There are traces of minor surface dirt and surface matter, and minor studio detritus. There is craquelure and possible lifting to the pale blue pigment in the top left quadrant. There is a single, light surface scratch to the lower right hand edge, only visible upon very close inspection, but this excepting the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching. Housed behind glass in a thick white wooden painted frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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