Lot 11
  • 11

Charles Houghton Howard

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Houghton Howard
  • The Office
  • signed with the initials chh and dated '38 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 12 3/4 by 20 3/8 inches
  • (32.4 by 51.8 cm)

Provenance

Private Collection, London
By descent from the above, the father of the present owner

Exhibited

London, The Art Exhibitions Bureau, Surrealist & Abstract Art, n.d., no. 18 (from a label on the reverse)

Condition

Inscribed on the reserse with artist name and address. In generally good condition. Oil on fine weave canvas, laid down on board. Verticle undulations where canvas has lifted from backing, especially center and left center. Scattered surface soiling throughout. In center right abstraction a scractch, minor paint loss at center right and lower right corner. Sporadic paint loss at edges due to frame abrasion. Under ultraviolet light: no apparent inpainting.
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