Lot 89
  • 89

Betty Maude Christian Fagan, d.1931

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Betty Maude Christian Fagan
  • the first haircut
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 96.5x73.5cm.; 38x29in.

Condition

Original canvas. In good overall condition. There is a patch to the reverse, lower centre right, corresponding to a patch of retouching, visible under ultraviolet light. UV light also reveals scattered patches of infilling to craquelure and scattered spots of retouching to figures and background. Held in a decorative plaster frame.
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