Sir Kyffin Williams, R.A.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 1981, no.964;
Swansea, University College of Swansea, Kyffin Williams: A Retrospective, 19 October - 6 November 1981;                                                                                                                                                                                              
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Kyffin Williams, until 18 December 1981.

The work is in its original condition with rich impasto throughout. Presented in a dark wood and plaster frame. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no evidence of retouching.
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In one of the three letters which accompany this lot, the artist states: 'I was up on Glyder Fawr, 3,200 feet up, on a dark threatening day, as in the picture, towards the end of last year. I like to put in the farmers as the mountains really belong to them and they have to earn their living with their sheep in all weathers'. (Private correspondance, dated 30.5.81).