Lot 139
  • 139

Peter Doig

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Peter Doig
  • Gone Fishing (Forever)
  • signed, titled, dated July 93 and dedicated on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 20.4 by 25.3cm.; 8 by 10in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1993

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are two 3cm. extremely fine hairline vertical cracks to the lower right hand quadrant, one of which is visible in the catalogue illustration. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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