Lot 201
  • 201

Louis Monro Grier, fl.1864-1920

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Louis Monro Grier
  • fishing boats
  • signed and dated 1886
  • oil on canvas
  • 61x92cm.; 24x36¼in.

Provenance

The Whitgift Galleries, Croydon

Condition

The canvas is original. There is craquelure throughout particularly to the sky. There is a small spot of paint loss to the right edge towards the upper right corner. There are a few tiny specs of brown staining to the sky and some surface dirt. Ultra violet light reveals a few patches of wearing to the paint surface of the fishing boat and a patch of retouching towards the centre of the lower edge. Held in a brown and gold painted frame.
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