Lot 16
  • 16

Sir Gerald Kelly, P.R.A.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Gerald Kelly, P.R.A.
  • jane XXXII
  • signed; also signed, titled and dated 1921-1932 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 78cm.; 31½ by 30¾in.

Provenance

Sale: Christies, London, 23 March 1995, lot 41, whence purchased by the present owner

Exhibited

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Contemporary British Painting, 1925
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 1932, no.58
Southport, 1939, details untraced
Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, 1954
London, The South London Group, 1957
Plymouth, The City Art Gallery & Museum, Exhibition of paintings by Sir Gerald Kelly, June 1958, no.43
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, details untraced

Condition

There are two minor cracks in the paintwork to the left of the collar and the lower sleeve. Otherwise the work is in its original condition. Under glass and held in a gilt wooden and plaster frame. Unexamined out of its frame. Inspection under ultra violet light reveals no evidence of retouching.
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