Lot 29
  • 29

Colin Middleton

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Colin Middleton
  • The Markets, Belfast
  • signed with monogram l.r.; also signed and titled on the canvas overlap
  • oil on canvas
  • 46.5 by 56.5cm., 18¼ by 22¼in.
  • Painted circa 1941.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist in 1972

Condition

The canvas has not been lined and undulates slightly, otherwise the work appears to be in good original condition. UV light inspection reveals no evidence of any retouching or restoration. Held in a silver painted wooden frame with a canvas inset.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Dickon Hall for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.