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Edgar Hunt
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description
- Edgar Hunt
- Puppies and Chickens and Puppies and a Tortoise: Two Works
- the first: signed E Hunt and dated 1933 (lower right); the second: signed E Hunt and dated 1933 (lower left)
- each: oil on canvas
- each: 12 by 16 in.
- 30.4 by 40.6 cm
Provenance
Frost & Reed, London (no. 24534)
The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop, New York
Condition
Puppies and Chickens: Unlined, faint craquelure visible; under UV: heavy varnish, scattered spots of inpainting in background, inpainting to address frame abrasion left edge and upper and lower right corners.
Puppie and a Tortoise: Unlined, two small dots of loss in upper left corner and upper right corner, faint craquelure visible; under UV: heavy varnish, spot of inpainting in the standing puppies' box and scattered spots of inpainting in background at right, inpainting to address frame abrasion left edge and lower right corner.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.