Lot 78
  • 78

JOHN KELLY

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Kelly
  • THE CRICKET MATCH
  • Signed JM (lower right); inscribed with title and dated 89 on reverse
  • Oil on canvas
  • 136.6 by 152 cm
  • Painted in 1989

Provenance

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Australian and International Fine Art, Deutcher-Menzies, Melbourne, 29 November 2000, lot 161
Private collection, Melbourne; purchased from the above 

Condition

Overall, work is in good condition. Some shrinkage crackle in centre top, centre, centre bottom of work; shrinkage cracking also in lower right of canvas. Work is framed in glit box frame.
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