Lot 757
  • 757

Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.W.S.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.W.S.
  • Siegfried Act III
  • titled, signed MAXWELL ARMFIELD and dated JULY MDCCCCV (lower right)
  • tempera on canvas
  • 77.5 by 45cm., 30½ by 18in.

Provenance

Louise Whitford Ltd., London, 7 April 1981

Exhibited

Southampton, Southampton Art Gallery, Maxwell Armfield, June 1978, no.8

Condition

Original canvas. There are some creases in the upper half of the work and craquelure in parts. The surface is dirty and would benefit from a light clean. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held under glass in a silver painted wood frame; unexamined out of frame.
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