Lot 53
  • 53

John Tunnard

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Tunnard
  • Headlands
  • signed, dated and inscribed VI.G.26.60
  • pastel, watercolour and gouache
  • 37 by 54.5cm.; 14½ by 21½in.

Provenance

Sold by the artist to McRoberts and Tunnard, 12 September 1960; Durlacher, New York

Exhibited

New York, Durlacher, John Tunnard, 1 - 26 November, 1960,  no.32

Literature

Alan Peat and Brian A Whitton, John Tunnard: His Life and Work, Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1997, no.734, p.192.

Condition

The work is executed on wove paper. The sheet undulates slightly. It appears to be in its original condition. Held under glass and presented in a gilt, wood and plaster frame with a hessian boarder. Unexamined out of its frame.
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