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Ivon Hitchens
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
- Ivon Hitchens
- landscape with river and temple
- signed; also titled and inscribed with the artist's address on a label attached to the stretcher
- oil on canvas
- 44.5 by 77.5cm.; 17½ by 30½in.
Provenance
Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Lt. Col. H.T. Segrave, July 1943
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Artists of Fame and of Promise, July 1943, cat. no.130.
Condition
There are artist's pinholes in the lower two corners and in places along the edges of the canvas. The canvas undulates slightly across the surface but is in good original condition.
The paint surface is naturally disrupted in the immediate areas surrounding the pinholes but is otherwise in good overall condition.
Under ultra violet light, there appears a small patch of fluorescence surrounding the pinhole along the lower edge in the lower right corner but this appears to be in the artist's hand.
Held under glass in a composition frame.
Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'All the areas of the canvas should be consciously planned in movements as well as representing objects. But the visual 'sound' is of the first and greatest importance. Without it the picture is useless... My pictures are painted to be 'listened' to...'
(Ivon Hitchens, quoted in 'Notes on Painting', ARK 18 (Journal of the RCA), 1956)
Painted in 1943.
We are grateful to Peter Khoroche for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.