Lot 5
  • 5

George Keyt

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • George Keyt
  • Reverie
  • Signed 'G Keyt/ 44' upper left and inscribed 'BY KEYT/ RUSSELL/ REVERIE I/ 1944' on reverse


  • Oil on canvas
  • 37 by 29.2 cm. (14½ by 11½ in. )

Provenance

Purchased from Martin Russell in 1954.

Exhibited

'George Keyt', Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1954

Literature

Martin Russell, George Keyt, Bombay, 1950, pl.83.

Condition

Minor abrasions along lower edge of canvas especially lower left corner, further abrasions along left edge, otherwise in good overall condition. Colours of original slightly richer and deeper than catalogue depiction, as viewed
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