Lot 1
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Basil Blackshaw, H.R.H.A

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Basil Blackshaw, H.R.H.A
  • Self Portrait
  • signed and dated 56
  • coloured crayon
  • 16 by 12cm.; 6¼ by 4¾in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist and thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Belfast, Arts Council Gallery, Basil Blackshaw Retrospective, 1974.

Condition

The sheet is sound and is slightly undulating by the upper and lower edges otherwise in excellent original condition. Held in a simple wood frame under glass; unexamined out of frame.
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