拍品 124
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GWEN JOHN | Sleeping Tortoise-Shell Cat

估價
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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描述

  • Gwen John
  • Sleeping Tortoise-Shell Cat
  • stamped with Estate stamp
  • pencil on paper
  • 12.5 by 12.5cm.; 5 by 5in.
  • Executed circa 1904-1908.
We are grateful to Cecily Langdale for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

來源

The Estate of the Artist until 1988
Davis & Langdale Company Inc., New York, where acquired by the previous owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner

展覽

New York, Davis & Langdale Company Inc., Works on Paper, 1988 (details untraced).

Condition

The sheet is secured to the mount with two tabs of adhesive tape in the upper corners of the work. The sheet is unevenly cut at all four edges, in keeping with the Artist's working methods. The sheet undulates slightly in places, with a faint diagonal crease running from the upper left corner. There is also some creasing to the lower right corner. There is some evidence of studio matter, including to the extreme upper left corner and detritus to the sheet and some very light surface dirt. This excepting the work appears to be in very good overall condition. The sheet is float mounted and held behind glass in a painted and carved wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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