Lot 4
  • 4

Augustus John O.M. R.A.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Augustus John O.M. R.A.
  • galway peasant
  • signed and dated 1915
  • pen and ink
  • 50 by 30cm.; 19¾ by 11¾in.

Provenance

The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto

Condition

The work is on wove paper which has is adhered to a mount around the edges. The sheet has come free along the top edge and is now undulating. The edges of the sheet are stained. Held under glass and within a cream mount in a simple gilded frame.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.