Lot 28
  • 28

Frederick Waters Watts

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Frederick Waters Watts
  • the passer by
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 76 cm.; 21¾ by 30 in.

Provenance

M. Newman Ltd, London

Condition

The canvas has been relined stabilising old craquleure. Craquelure is partticularly visible to the central area of the composition. Ultraviolet light reveals over painting in the sky and further scattered spots throughout the foreground. Held in a decorative plaster frame.
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