Lot 90
  • 90

Ogden Minton Pleissner 1905-1983

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Ogden Minton Pleissner
  • Sir Rex Benson Shooting Pintail over the Castle Loch, South Uist
  • signed Pleissner, l.l.
  • watercolor on paper
  • 20 by 30 in.
  • (50.8 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

Sir Constantine Benson (commissioned from the artist)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Condition

Very good condition. Unframed: taped to the mat along the edges of the reverse.
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Catalogue Note

Sir Rex Benson was an important patron of Odgen Pleissner, the present work is a view from Sir Benson's Scottish estate, Castle Loch.