Lot 72
  • 72

William Kay Blacklock fl. 1897-1922

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • William Kay Blacklock
  • a dutch idyll
  • signed and dated l.l.: W. Kay Blacklock 1914; also inscribed with the title and the artist's address on overlap
  • oil on canvas
  • 64 by 77 cm., 25 ¼ by 30 ¼ in.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1914, no. 59

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas with no obvious damage. There is a light stretcher mark to the upper edge and some scattered patches of craquelure to the passages of white paint. There is a spot of paint loss and some light wearing to the upper and lower right corners. ULTRAVIOLET Ultraviolet light reveals no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gold painted frame.
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