Lot 139
  • 139

Joe Tilson

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joe Tilson
  • Summer ,1959, no. 2
  • signed and dated 1959 on the reverse

  • oil, plaster and sand on canvas

  • 122 by 91cm.; 48 by 36in.

Provenance

Pitti Casa d'Aste, Florence, circa 1990

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The canvas undulates slightly but is in good overall condition. The paint surface is intentionally uneven. There are a few scattered lines of craquelure across the surface but it is in good overall condition. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held in a simple black wooden frame.
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