20th Century British Art

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Lot 136
  • 136

Beryl Cook

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Beryl Cook
  • Rialto Bridge
  • signed; also signed, titled and dated April 1988 on the reverse.
  • oil on board
  • 61.5 by 41.5cm.; 24¼ by 16¼in.

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, Bristol

Literature

Beryl Cook, Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p.199, illustrated.

Condition

There are some minor marks to the upper left edge, probably caused by frame abrasion. There is a patch of surface dirt within the lower left quadrant. Otherwise the work is in good condition with bright, crisp colours throughout. Held in a pale, gilt wood and plaster frame. Inspection under ultraviolet reveals no evidence of retouching.
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Catalogue Note

To be sold together with a copy of the above literature.

The artist in a statement: 'This scene is one I watched as we sat drinking coffee whilst waiting for the rain to stop on a sightseeing holiday in Venice. We are good tourists and like walking, so we followed the instructions in our very good guidebook and learned many, many things about the buildings and artists. Each new revelation, and gasp of amazement, would be followed by welcome refreshments in a nearby café, and in one of these I had the most gorgeous ice cream I've ever tasted. Dogs are very popular in Venice, most of them wearing plastic muzzles as a safeguard against rabies. This was approved of by me, being highly nervous of all the health hazards I imagine to be lying in wait for me on foreign shores'.